Go to the Halloween section of any department store today and what will you see? An unbelievable selection of realistic and reasonably priced costumes for kids and adults in all shapes and sizes. Anything from Attila the Hun to Dora the Explorer and everything in between. Today, there is no excuse for not having a…
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Like Grandma’s Golumpki
My family is stationed overseas. Most days, this is kinda cool. But on Sundays during football season, it really stinks. I left Pennsylvania 17 years ago to marry a Navy man, and my life as a die-hard Steeler fan has never been the same. First, in Washington, D.C., we weren’t accustomed to foo-foo tailgate foods…
Volksfest Follies
On Friday night, I cemented life-long friendships with the people sitting at our table at Stuttgart’s Volksfest Beer Festival. Never mind that before the fest, I had no idea who those people were. That’s what happens at these German festivals. One minute you are ambivalent to the whole affair, and the next minute you have…
Exposed: Filthy Secrets of A Modern Housewife
Every morning at about nine-o-clock, a little ray of sunshine comes through the window of my kitchen and ruins my life. It taunts me, mocks me, and points a gleaming spotlight directly on my flaws, exposing them to the world. I am not sure if that beam of light is a random act of nature,…
What I believe about Hell and hand baskets