Usually, “Bah humbug!” and devoid of holiday cheer… this video erased my usual this-time-of-year annoyance! Okay, so I’m a sucker for Poodles. Sue me! You might be, too, if you meet Rocky, my parti poodle. He appears occasionally in my writing — sometimes as teacher, sometimes as terror. Except that the darker grey patches on his puppy […]
Here’s One Those Who Know Me Will Appreciate — and Probably Those Who Don’t….
It Started with the Wrong Uber Did you every wonder what happens when you get into someone else’s Uber and the driver doesn’t speak your language? I hadn’t…until recently. Which is surprising. I tend to catastrophize when it comes to gallivanting around Paris armed only with toddler French. I typically imagine myself post-accident: rushed to the […]
Dear Family Whisperer: My Son Is a Freeloader — What to Do?
Meet a 30-Year Old Who Still Thinks He’s a Kid Photo by James Barr on Unsplash Dear Family Whisperer: I have a problem, I have a son who is 30. Wherever he puts something, it stays there. No thought of putting it where it belongs. In the bathroom it’s the same. When he was in school, […]