Downsized Expectations – Cooking and the Post-Pandemic Meltdown
Pandemic cooking was all the rage during the quarantine. According to my library checkouts I hopped on the bandwagon. Yet not one loaf of banana bread was baked in this home.
One Wild Night in the Seychelles
A wild night on Navy deployment: a hidden club in the Seychelles, a stranger who could really dance, and the shipmate ready to fight me over it. A look back.
Ditch the Bitch – Double Standards in Adulting
My partner ditched me for the bar. Fine. What actually pissed me off was watching men judge a woman by a ruler they clearly don't use on themselves. Except for last night.
Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting
I raised him from age 10 to 18. He went to Navy boot camp. He called twice — once to get his dad's number. I expected a letter. Nothing came. Stepmothers get no respect.
3 Signs that I Need a New Job
My boss argued with my data, couldn't follow basic subtraction, and made me explain it three times. Sign I need a new job. Here are all three signs.




