I have four fancy forks sitting pretty as you please in my silverware drawer. They’re mixed in with the ordinary forks. The fancy forks are from my nicer stainless steel pattern. When we got married, we planned to use the fancy set for company but we really just use it…
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Menopausal Whales
“The fact that only human women, some whales, and a Japanese aphid have a lifespan that is significantly longer than their fertility span has been an evolutionary mystery.” Carol Tavris, WSJ Let me get this straight. Human women, a few species of whales, and a lady aphid: we are the…
Angry Prophet Barbie
I heard once, “The more stickers a person has on their car, the angrier they are.” I’m here to tell ya, it ain’t so. I have a friend who has a bunch of stickers on her car. But she is.not generally an angry person. Let’s call her Cheryl. (This happens…
Stealing from Jesus
When my son was ten years old, he asked me to tell him a story. “Once upon a time,” I began, “a deer was lying hurt in the forest. Two animals, Fox and Possum, passed by but didn’t help.” “They didn’t do anything for the deer?” asked my son. “Nope.…
How to Speak British
Say this with a British accent: “I don’t need the A and E; it’s just a scratch. A plaster would do the trick.” “What’s the A and E?” you ask. “And what’s plaster got to do with it?” I’m trying out the U.K. vocabulary that I learned from Helen Russell,…