My First Lesson
Mrs. Pruett, ninth grade English, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1962-63. This is always my answer when asked “Who was your favorite teacher?” She made us work. We were the accelerated English class, and she stocked one of those metal storage cabinets in the corner of the classroom with 10th, 11th, and 12th grade English textbooks for us […]
…Made to be Broken
For 40 years my day job has been in an industry that is, by any standard, over-regulated. Regulations change on a daily basis, and I am constantly subject to audits and compliance reviews. I’m the enforcer, too, so I’m the bad guy when it comes to instruction and remanding. When I leave my office for the […]
Just For Fun Friday 10/18/13
I Hate Housework… Housework is the ultimate exercise in futility. It is never completely done. When someone asks “are you a full-time housekeeper?”, as if part-time were an option, I have to bite my tongue. THERE is someone who doesn’t do housework. Take my ex-husband. I got up with him at six every morning, and while […]
I’d Rather Be…
As a teen, I never kept a clean room. My mother recounts how every Saturday she told me I couldn’t go anywhere with my friends until my room was clean. Two hours later she came to check on me and the bed was still unmade, the vacuum right where she left it, and I was sitting […]
Just For Fun Friday 10/11/13
Signs…. My family has a habit of ‘collecting’ signs when we travel. You know the ones. Those small town, local business signs made to catch attention for walk-in traffic, or on the sides of buildings or vehicles. On a recent road trip these caught my attention…. YOUR WIFE IS HOT! Joe’s A/C Sales and […]
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