Few Bricks Shy

A recent fortune-cookie fortune told me, “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” Fortune ...

I have kept a journal since I was 12. And I did keep them. (Maybe this is my inner hoarder talking, but what else are you going to do wit...

I was walking Lola the dog. Or as passersby like to ask, “Was she walking me?” She began trying to haul me over when she saw anoth...

My daughter practicing graffiti-style writing. I went to Staples for pads of paper. I had to search. Finally, I found a paltry sel...

Volunteering during exams at my kids’ school, I sat next to a sour-faced woman holding textbooks on her lap. “Are you selling those back ...

I hesitate to tell you this. I wouldn’t want it to become permanently lodged in your brain. OK, you’ve been warned. My family h...

In her high-school career, my daughter input 3,473 terms into the flashcard website Quizlet . She was memorizing facts for school. She w...