Back in Peru in January, I’d felt optimistic enough to buy a vase. After all, I was going to change my life in 2009. I’d be needing that vas...

So there I was, hanging out at the National Airport Holiday Inn on Christmas night. Outside the freezing rain was hammering Arlington, Virgi...

I left Mom’s early on Christmas afternoon, exactly when the freezing rain that had been predicted for early that morning had decided to begi...

I don't know where my sister got a truck and I never even noticed that the reason the auto insurance I pay every month went up because s...

My mother took this photo last week. It's the small road that leads up a hill to the house she and her husband live in. Right now the sn...

Months ago, I'd splurged and bought a train ticket for the holidays. My mother and her husband live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia...

Since this is totally disgusting, I made the photo teensy. If you really want to see it, you can click and look at my bruised toenail in all...

What the hell? I checked out the sales on my 3-D Atlas over the weekend. Look at the bottom price! Ha! Here's a close-up. I will happily...

I rushed over to Target last night—and the power went out. Nevertheless, I was able to acquire the trail mix I was there for. I mean legally...