The Chateau des Ducs de Joyeuse that Mary Helen did not get to visit.…
Humor, Wit and Wisdom
This is Peanut, Jeff and Monika’s number one doxie. I’m writing about dachshunds this month…
From the end of September through mid-October, I was on baby watch in Omaha, waiting…
Saussure’s diagram for the word as sign = signifier ("a-r-b-r-e" or "a-r-b-o-r") + signified (the…
What’s it gonna be? Cold or warm? (Illustration by George Foster) My husband and I…
Very corny jokes, courtesy of Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman: What do you call a…
Mary Helen at Yankee Stadium. I’ve been watching a lot of baseball lately—these past few…
Is the spider a creepy bug or a complex marvel of nature? Learn more about…
Mary Helen in front of the Hutong Culture Inn, Beijing. By the time you read…
As a writer, I have been extremely lucky to work with a brilliant editor at…
Me, I seem to remember most of my dreams. Why, I can tell you dreams…
When we last saw our heroine, I was checking into the neurosurgical ICU at a hospital…
With one short question I can determine the physical, emotional, and financial state of a…
This will have to be a three-parter. I was at my sister’s house, for my…
We had just returned from a week in Florida, and I was feeling a little…