Tales From the West Side and other stories
Room For Rent
Recently I posted an ad on Craigslist, looking for a roommate. The prospect of having to share my charming Victorian house with a complete stranger was not something that particularly excited me, but my cash flow hadn’t exactly been flowing, and in this hated state of...
Little House on the Freeway
I always look for it, no matter the weather or time of day. Cruising down the freeway, due West, I could be headed to Memphis if I had a mind, but instead I’ll be taking the next exit and driving another eight blocks home. As I put my blinker on to change lanes and...
Kill. Bugs. Dead.
A few years back, the exterminator who lived down the street asked me out. I’d said hello to him on occasion, the way one does with neighbors in a passing sort of way. And then, one morning, while I was walking my enormous pair of dogs, he took a left turn from the...
How to Save a Tree
More than anything, I wish there was such a thing as The Tree Police because I would be their Captain. An elite squadron of tree-saving ninjas, we would fight to stop the builders that are taking down dozens and dozens of trees every day in this town. I’d be stylin’...
We Shall Overcome Eventually…if we can wait that long
The one thing most divorced women can agree on is that we have a need to be heard. After all, there was so little of that going on in our marriages. We want our friends and family to let us know, in no uncertain terms, that they are there to listen to us while we come...
My Marriage Was a Three-Ring Circus Of Disappointment
My marriage can only be likened to a carnival side show; a three-ring circus of never-ending ballyhoos, noise and confusion. I seldom knew which end was up or which way the parade would take me and although I had a front row seat to the whole shebang it was as far...
My Ex Husband Was A Turkey On Our Last Thanksgiving Together
Here they come: The Holidays. They start innocently enough with Halloween, mere child’s play, and then like an unstoppable string of cars rear-ending each other, it’s all downhill from there. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day;...
