Beth

  • A Town You Don’t Know

    Last weekend I headed to the car dealership for a play date between my car and the dealership’s mechanics with my copy of the latest issue of Texas Monthly in tow. I feared I’d be limited to bass fishing tips or “Astronaut/Paris Swap Love Secrets/Diapers” if I left my magazine choices to chance. Once I…

  • Weddings

    I’ve always loved weddings – other people’s – because after all the planning, on your “special” day something inevitably goes awry – someone’s late, food doesn’t arrive, the soloist sings off key while the pipe organ plays “Groovy Kind of Love” and your bridesmaids run out into the entrance not fully dressed dodging arriving guests.…

  • Happy Birthday, Mom

    … really wish you were here.

  • Tap

    My tap classes started again and you’ve got to love how I just won’t quit. A fact I’m not sure my teacher appreciates. If I’m not mistaken, I’m going on 7 years of tap, and this is the first year I’m sticking to intermediate. Truth be told, I got kicked out of beginning by my…

  • ‘Tis the Season

    Some how we survived WINTER STORM 2007! (Honest, the media dubbed it that in all the news casts, which made me sad, I thought my ICE STORM 2007 sounded a little more dramatic.) Fortunately, our rations held out and we didn’t have to dip into the cat food after being trapped in the house for…

  • Winter Storm 2007!

    We had company on Sunday and seeing that company usually expects things like drinks and snacks I decided to go to the grocery store. The grocery store down the road is one of those mega stores that stretches out for blocks and yet amazingly you still can’t always find what you need… especially yesterday. See,…

  • Bully

    I’ve tried to be very careful when I’m writing and not use people’s full names and in some cases completely changing names. Well, as some of you already know, I recently blew it. I was checking my mail and there winking at me from my inbox was a note from a person I hadn’t seen…

  • Waiting on the Rain

    With writing you need inspiration and with humor writing you really need inspiration to slip on a banana peel (as you know, fruit skins are comedy gold). So, I lurk around and wait for something to hit me (ala the Target checkout gal playing with my cat’s new feather toy and spending long uncomfortable moments…

  • Ugly Need Not Apply

    I think I made the promise about a year ago that I wouldn’t get too political or express any “real” views and for the most part I’ve stuck to that. No one really wants my ignorant take on the world at large. Besides, I’m saving that all up for my government think tank application and…

  • Texas Has a Toll Road (or three)

    Texas has a toll road or more specifically, Austin has a few of ‘em hanging around our city. Sure, everyone rallied and said no. We explained that the roads were paid for, but the mayor and others threw caution to the wind. So, as of this month you have to pay to access certain sections…