Besides the fact that Glee is insisting on wearing unrelieved black all the time–”Jean, I’ve gained weight so if I wear all black no one will notice I’ve gained a few pounds. I’m going on Kirtsie Alley’s natural organic amazing herbs after the holidays. John Travolta’s wife is on them, too, and lost all her [...]
“Jean I’m going to get taller.” Oh, not again. My mother has been having a hard time dealing with the fact that she’s getting old and shrinking. She doesn’t understand how it’s possible. “Okay Mom, whatever you say.” “Jean, we can get taller together. I saw it on that morning show. This very nice [...]
“What is all of this?” These are the first words out of my mouth when I walk into what was once my clean kitchen. Newspapers are scattered all over the counter and chairs and pieces of cut up papers are on the floor. I hear a rustle and turn to see my daughter, Lara, sifting [...]
“Jean, I’m a hoarder!” That’s what my mother hit me with when she came for her typical visit. “I can’t get rid of anything! And did you know 1 in 50; maybe even 1 in 20 people are hoarders? People in senior centers are hoarding like crazy!” “Mom just because you’re living in an assisted [...]
“Oh hi Mom! Listen I can’t stay on the phone long, I am on my way out the door!” “I saw on the news about an elderly woman getting mugged. She was just out on her afternoon walk, minding her own business when some guy came and grabbed her purse. He dragged her before taking [...]
Glee says she and her new boyfriend, Roberto, a sleek Nuyorican who’s a dead ringer for Bruno Mars, are going to try out for a new reality show being filmed here. She dumped the last cougar-snatched-from-the-cradle when the marijuana dispensary idea got pushed into pot purgatory. “Jean! I’m going to be on TV!” Glee’s enthusiastic [...]
I was running late to meet Glee because my mother consumed a few hours shopping for the perfect pair of walking shoes. Never mind that she only walks to the dining room at Friendly Arms. Glee promised big news. I didn’t know if she was planning another “glamping” trip or had scheduled a new cosmetic/hormone/injectable [...]
Now that the le grande bus tour “One Nation“ has come to an end, the local news has re-focused on our state. We have a sheriff scandal, a President of the Senate scandal, a convention boycott, a new Tequila Party and a latent let’s-secede-from-the-union possibility. I find most of this embarrassing because friends and relatives call from [...]
Finally, after 17 years the “Rock Burglar” has been caught and arrested Friday May 27, 2011, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Suspect, Robert James Neese, allegedly has been involved in nearly 400 burglaries around Carefree, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, Cave Creek, and Scottsdale, stealing more than an estimated $10 million in cash and [...]
One of the joys of being married is the stress your husband creates. Maury and I have been together decades and he still manages to surprise me. I have accepted the fact that I will never get rid of the History Channel or golf. Isn’t it a cliché for doctors to play golf? This week a news story set [...]
