I recently read that American readers are far more interested in a happy ending than, for example, European readers, who more readily accept less tidy endings. I can’t speak for the entire American reading public, but I admit without doubt or hesitation that I WANT A HAPPY ENDING. I don’t just want it. I crave […]
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I laughed when my sister-in-law, Brooke, recently posted a hysterical rant on Facebook in which she tried to understand how her teenage daughter, who has lived her whole life in the same place, still can’t find her way around town. “So…Madison has a permit,” Brooke said. “Terrifying.” It seems that when my dear niece, Madison, […]
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For the past month, I kept hearing that February 2015 was well on the way to being the coldest month in the history of Pittsburgh weather recordkeeping. After more days of sub-zero temperatures and colder fingers and toes than I had ever experienced or wanted, I was looking forward it. Imagine that? After growing up […]
Keep reading >>There was a big fuss a few weeks ago when Carnegie Mellon University accidentally sent emails to 800 students congratulating them for being accepted into the university’s prestigious graduate computer science program. Ironically, it was a computer glitch that brought delirious joy to 800 people, who found out a short time later via another […]
Keep reading >>Since the perky, smiling tipstaff kept warning us not to talk about the case, we didn’t. The other jurors and I had been filing in and out of the cold courtroom several times over the past day and a half, but every time we sat in the jury room together, waiting for the next court-related […]
Keep reading >>If you think you have a lot of drama in your life, spend a day in a courtroom. No matter how up or down you think your life is, you may discover that anyone who has to sit in front of a judge or jury has a life that is likely more up/down/diagonal and sideways […]
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Without numerous well-worn copies of Weight Watchers Magazine, the first 3 hours of my jury service would have been interminable. Jury duty is mostly about waiting. This I learned last week as I waited for the judge to arrive to give a brief, well-memorized speech, waited for the prosecution and defense attorneys to […]
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“Oh my God,” I whispered to my husband, shaking my head in shame. “I can never show my face again.” This was over a year ago and we were at a downtown restaurant to attend a surprise birthday party for one of his colleagues. I was congregating with a group of women, many of which […]
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Thirteen years ago, my two sons were pestering me to get another dog. It had been two years since we had to put down our previous mutt who had lived a long and happy life, but was old, sick and ready to go. I was so heartbroken, I wasn’t sure I ever wanted another […]
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A year ago, my wonderful husband gave me a Fitbit, which, according to its website is a device that helps you “stay motivated and improve your health by tracking your activity, exercise, food, weight and sleep.” I loved it. I loved the little blinking lights on the band that measured my steps every day. I […]
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