First, the toilet nightmare is finally finished without too much aggravation. Not only was the supply to the crapper shot to shit, but the wax ring under the “throne” had deteriorated. Now it’s fixed, and hopefully I won’t scream or faint when I see the bill. On another very happy note, I just finished the [...]

I’m in the basement when I hear the toilet flush on the first floor. As I don’t live alone, this is nothing unusal. Until I hear a steady trickle of water hitting the basement floor in the furnace room. I rush in there, dreading what I’ll find. Water is on the floor. More water is [...]

“I don’t want to get old” has become a mantra of sorts for me and several of my close friends. We have elderly parents and caring for them has often tossed us headlong into the twilight zone. Well, it seems that way. We really should dub ourselves the Queens of Frustration. I’ve always thought is [...]

Years back I was a ova/lacto vegetarian, which means I included eggs and milk products along with a wide variety of veggies in my diet. I made the switch for one reason–to improve my health. My digestive system was totally out of whack. I won’t lie and say the transition was easy. It sucked, especially [...]

WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE? by Kate Pearce Publisher: Virgin ‘Cheek’ ISBN:978-0-352-34100-6 What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unless you’re Lauren Redstone. In her case a little klutziness at a hotel bar turns into an unexpected opportunity to indulge in her most erotic fantasy-sex with a real honest-to goodness cowboy. But when Lauren [...]