Part 2

(If you haven't already, please read "Best Laid Plans," posted yesterday, before you read this -- just so you know what's going on). Who knew there would be a part two?

Today, Jim and I reached Ms. McKenzie by phone. What yesterday seemed incomprehensible turned out...

That which is mind-boggling always entertains. The story I have to tell is truly mind-boggling, so stay with me, that you may get to the "Huh?" at the end.

Several weeks ago, I received a request, via e-mail, "from" Michelle Obama, to volunteer. It was a national day...

Once upon a time there was a country that was very beautiful and affluent beyond reason. Not only was the country rich, but its people were rich as well. Everyone possessed everything he or she could possibly desire. If the king wanted a beach and there was none,...

A friend of mine--I'd better give attribution here; his name is Pete Tannen--who periodically writes humorous columns which he sends via the Web to his list of subscribers--is having a contest. Actually, he had this contest once before and is running it a second time. I guess people enjoyed...

I was puttering around today, going through my late husband's library of books collected during and after his eight years studying at Yale Divinity School, and I had the TV on in the background, Wolf Blitzer interviewing Sarah Palin, and I thought to myself, why don't you try to listen...

Last night electoral votes were counted, and with excitement rising--nervous excitement, because we feared the sudden crashing, crumbling, or poisoning of the various voting machines being used throughout the nation, a group of friends and I, all ObamaManiacs shifted between CNN, MSNBC, The Comedy Channel, and occasionally Fox (just...