Category: My Musings

Congressman Murphy, Throw Me a Bone

Congressman Murphy, Throw Me a Bone

I ran past my United States Congressman the other day. It’s true. I was running in one direction on the Montour Trail and my duly elected representative in Congress, otherwise known as Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa, was running in the opposite direction. He smiled and half-nodded as he passed, which I interpreted as an elected […]

Your Inner Hippie

Your Inner Hippie

I miss hippies. Well, maybe not the flag-burning, psychedelic mushroom-consuming protesters of the Sixties era. I miss the peace, love, “live and let live” ideals of the Hippie Movement. “Everyone is beautiful in their own way,” sang Ray Stevens. So what if it’s a cliché? I don’t care if the Hippie Movement was a social, […]

The Dishonest Truth

The Dishonest Truth

My husband recently bought some items at a store and realized when he got home and looked at the receipt that the cashier didn’t scan one of his items. So a few weeks later, when he was shopping in that store again, he picked up the same item and explained to the cashier that since […]

About Tough Chicks

About Tough Chicks

Tough chicks scare and intrigue me. I wouldn’t have recognized Ronda Rousey if you put me in a cage with her and told me to run for my life. I didn’t know anything about UFC fighting, other than I get impatient when my husband channel-surfs and lingers more than one second on a screen displaying […]

When People Don’t Fit Into the Mold, Throw Away the Mold

When People Don’t Fit Into the Mold, Throw Away the Mold

The most politically conservative friend I know was incensed when he heard rumors that his employer might mandate “sensitivity training.” “That’s an insult to my mother,” he fumed. “She raised me better than that.” How true. While the LGBTQ community has been celebrating the Supreme Court’s recent ruling allowing same-sex marriage, and their detractors continue […]

Do-Gooder Gone Bad

Do-Gooder Gone Bad Do gooder gone bad

What is a Do-Gooder Gone Bad? I’m a nice person. And unless you are what Wayne and Garth from Saturday Night Live would call a “Psycho Hose Beast,” you’re probably a nice person, too. You try to be kind, polite and patient. You visit grandma, buy Girl Scout cookies, and swerve to let squirrels who disobey […]

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