Monday was a landmine...er, landmark birthday. I could gnash my teeth and pull out my (camouflaged) hair, but instead, I'll take a look in the rearview mirror and find a way to laugh. Years ago, when my 21-year-old daughters were in kindergarten, they came home and asked how old I was, in response to a …
Author: Carol White Llewellyn
Humor in the Junk Folder
On any given day, you don’t have to look much farther than your junk email folder to get a good chuckle.
Santa Pushed Me off the Wagon
I have a little secret I haven’t liked to admit to anyone, even myself, until recently. I have an addiction. No, not to gambling, opioids, drugs or alcohol. I’m addicted to chocolate. Okay, really, to sweets. You don’t know how it happens, but that bag of caramel M&Ms, Brookside Chocolates, or Oreo cookies parachutes into your …
Cheers to 2021: Finding Strength in 2020
I belong to an online socio/political group of 200,000+ women, and Monday morning, a member posted a question her friend had asked: “Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2020 that you’re proud of.” At around 8:30 am, there were under 100 responses. By 10 am, there were over 600. The answers were as diverse …
Why I’m Foregoing this Year’s Holiday Luncheon
On November 20, a gentleman I’ve known for many years who works as an attendant at a parking lot in which I frequently park announced he thought COVID was a hoax. I asked him, “So you think the 373 cases in Monroe County yesterday is a hoax?” “Well, I don’t know any of them.” “Fortunately, …
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