The Hellish Handbasket

The temperature is rising in Southern Arizona. In a month, nobody without air conditioning would choose to stay here, if they could leave. E...

After an interminable week of debilitating pain, it seems my clenched jaw has finally relaxed. What a relief. There's a thing called TMJ...

I seem to have become a commodity among an underground network of neighborhood dog owners who need a dogsitter. I picture these dog owners t...

During the several years I was waiting for my mother to die, I daydreamed about what life would be like when I was finally "free."...

Two weeks after spending an afternoon in the ER, the maternal parental unit came out of quarantine and joined her fellow inmates in the dini...

A good day is when I get everything done on my list. A great day is when I get everything done plus one. Despite 97°F heat today, I got two ...