Chocolate Chip Mint

  T he toast comes as is - however the toaster spits it out. Dark on one side, light and uneven on the other. Sometimes one side is barely w...

I have a beautiful back yard where I can hear a rooster crow (Rohelio, he's been named, after Rohelio De La Vega .) There's a founta...

Checking in at a hotel recently, there was a man in front of me who appeared to be homeless. He wore loose and dirty clothes. He had a knit ...

We were seated first. It was a table at the back but perfectly comfortable. It was a Main Street kind of place (literally, it was on Main St...

According to the Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (CC&Rs) of our Homeowners Association, we must seek approval from our immediat...

I remember reading a year ago how adults were telling their senior parents to stay home, to stop getting together with other people, to be s...

We meet a guy who appears to be traveling with his girlfriend. His name is Champagne. He gives us his card. His name really is Champagne. He...

Hotel room coffee is sketchy, at best. You make it in a well worn seasoned coffee maker that pumps artesian , unfiltered water through a p...

In an effort to be less lazy at work, I got up early - before six. It was already too hot to think about working out (we're headed for 1...

There are some things I don’t want to do on a public wifi such as any kind of banking transaction. Or any kind of download of any kind regar...

Life after tax season is all about getting your life back: sleep, personal hygiene, exercise, proper nutrition, and conversations that do no...

  It just happens to be on my dining room table.

One more day until the magic happens. Not that there hasn't been plenty of bandwidth magic. The magic is always there but the real magi...

Do you ever dream about tax returns?  No? I don't recommend it.

 The rule used to be "don't speak to me before I've had my coffee."  Now it's "don't speak to me until Tuesda...

 There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Right?

 ... or 8, depending on how you look at it.