The kids and I have been playing Monopoly a lot lately. Well, actually we've been playing Chicago-opoly which, as the name suggests, i...

As I said in my last blog post, I haven't applied makeup in weeks. Because why? I rarely leave my apartment these days, and I've j...

Although a tank of gas is lasting me a couple months these days, I had to fill up yesterday. In PC (pre-coronavirus) days, I would NEVER hav...

A couple weeks ago, a shirtless Clay walked by, and I noticed a couple red lines on his lower back. "What did you do to your back?...

A couple weeks ago, I was sitting on my couch, binging on Netflix productively working on my book when I heard a thud against the patio doo...

I saw this on Facebook recently. I glanced across the room to where my vacuum sat immobile.  I had actually gotten my vacuum cle...

The little gym and the pool at my apartment complex have been closed since the beginning of March. When I walked up toward the office to ...

I was searching for a picture on my blog when I ran across this post I wrote ten years ago, in June of 2010.  I sat on the floor of the...

(This post was originally written, but not published, last year.) Self-deprecating humor is my thing. I didn't set out to make ...

“Hey kids! I’m home! How was escuela?” “It was escuela-y. The maintenance guy fixed the hole in the wall.” “Really? Cool! I didn’t even ...

"Losing Hand"   by  Damian Gadal   When I divorced nearly 10 years ago, the first thing I freaked out about was money. I had...