When Your Ex Wife is a Man

I’m reading the story of Seminole, Florida’s Larry Roach. He’s dealing with the reality that his ex-wife is now a man, at least in identity.
Larry and Julia were married for 18 years, but Julia eventually decided she wanted to be Julio. Now, Larry points out that his alimony payments go “for paying medication for steroids, […]

Rain in the Summertime

It is hurricane season again. Although nothing even close to frightening has blown through here yet this year, we have had some impressive and much needed thunder storm this past week. The rain is what we needed, actually. The thunder and lightening were nice for the added drama, though.
Today I pulled up the blinds, pushed […]

I Love Irony

I was talking to a friend yesterday morning. She is in New York City and I am in Florida. She said it was 92 degrees already in the city. I check the temperature here and it was only 84 degrees. Yes, cooler all the way down here in Florida. Of course, by afternoon it was […]

God Grant Me Perfect Recall

Sometimes I wish that I had kept writing in a diary. I started when I was in middle school and kept it up through the middle of college. The, I stopped. Even if the entries were not exciting, I can look back and get a feel for what I was doing on any given day, […]

Passing Down Gold

I’ve got a lot of jewelry. Most of it is unique, hand-made, locally designed designer jewelry. Since I do not wear jewelry on a daily basis, I like to make it count when I do. I’m just not satisfied to walk into a chain store and buy something that 1000 other women in my zip […]

emWave Technology

There are so many great things about the internet. Most of them involve the access you have to shopping, information, and interaction without the need to actually leave your house. Take, for example, seminars that you can “attend” imply tuning into a web cast online. There are online seminars, or webinars, on pretty much any […]

A Magazine for Hootchie Mamas?

A local Tampa news station’s website carried a little blurb today about a new free magazine that is being published in the Tampa Bay area. It is called “Hot Moms and Cute Kids.”
I’ll pause now so you can take some time to gather your thoughts and decide how you react if you saw a magazine […]

Annoying Car Accessories

Everyone has their own pet peeves of the road. I’m personally not all that fond of those asinine “bull testicles” danglies that men in need of compensation put on the back of their pickup trucks, but they are still not one of my pet peeves.
Mine involve things that distract me when I am driving, like […]

Pitiful Lives of the FLDS Girls

I have kept quiet about my opinion regarding the FLDS sect in Texas. Until now.
The latest headline reads: “Half of sect’s teen girls have been pregnant.”
Take into consideration that the girls in question are all between the ages of 14 and 17. They are children. In a regular population, surely there would have been a […]

A Daughter’s Denial

Out in the garage we have a lot of things left over from when my step-father was alive. There is a shower stool, walkers, a wheelchair, toilet sets, and other medical equipment that he used to help him get around better in his last years, when he was weak.
I have been trying to talk my […]