Month: January 2018

Buying a car involves serious consideration. My husband spends hours researching costs, mileage, durability and resale value.I don’t do that.In fact I barely notice when he trades in vehicles. If it gets us from point A to point B safely, without any problems, I’m satisfied.I had an opinion once, many moons ago when our family…

“Sew Day is next Saturday,” the email announced. A day of sewing!? I wanted to go. My husband didn’t. He said he had other things to do. I made sure he had enough leftovers in the refrigerator, packed up my sewing supplies and the quiche I had prepared. People who sew all day need plenty…

Every time the now retired brothers get together they commiserate about their childhood’s annual spring purge for pin worms. Sitting around the table they shake their heads over the teaspoon of turpentine and sugar each had to swallow. “It was a tablespoon of turpentine,” one insisted. The others scoffed, “It was a teaspoon.” They all…

Wanna go for a spin in that fancy car and earn some cash? Some people collect stamps, my son Mert and his wife Sheila collect experiences as research subjects in the greater Detroit area: the original automotive development arena for the country. Car designers have to test their cars, first in the lab and in…

Collector Barbies become real at Christmas ` The yard sale sign screamed, “Stop!” We stopped. I spotted three bins of Barbie dolls in their original boxes from the 1980s and 1990s. “How cute, this one’s dressed like Little Debbie. And here’s one in a petite pink suit ready to sell Avon.” I lifted each to…