Lori Duff Writes
My son is about to turn 20 and I have some feelings about that. When other people turn 20, I think, well yeah, he’s an adult, of course he’s 20. But when Jacob turns 20, I still see the little boy who called blueberries “boobabies” and who peered into a clogged up toilet and diagnosed…
Let me start out by saying that I do love my husband. We’ve been married for 22 years now, and I’m hoping for at least 22 more. But. He’s retired, I’m not. He’s been retired for some time. I’ve been going to work every day for some time. He’s got the time to watch YouTube…
You know someone like the person I’m about to talk about. It doesn’t matter what awful thing has just happened, they always have this giant smile on their face and a super cheery attitude. Car wreck fifteen minutes after mailing off the last payment? Oh yay! I get a new car! Someone died? Lucky them,…
If you’re in the market for crapola, you need look no further than my house. My house is the repository of crapola of all kinds. We are a department store of crapola. Housewares? Look over there. Women’s lingerie? Right in that corner. Tools? Check out our selection in the garage. You don’t even want to…
I very much enjoyed the original Save the Cat![1] Book by Blake Snyder. Although it focused on screenwriting, and I am not a screenwriter, there is something universal about story that made it fascinating to see the concept broken down into its elements. So I was super excited when the good folks at WOW! Women…
Once upon a time in a land not too far away we wrote letters on a typewriter, using carbon paper if we wanted to keep a copy and Wite-Out[1] if we made a mistake, put them in envelopes with stamps on them, and waited several days for them to be delivered by the United States…
My son moved into his first apartment a few weeks ago and I had the great privilege of helping him set it up. I thought it would be fun to watch him take this giant leap towards actual adulthood. I remember doing that myself, back in the early 90s. I collected cast-off furniture from wherever…
Recently, I had the need to drive from my home in suburban Atlanta to Houston, TX with my son. This is no small task. It involved two tanks of gas and crossing the Mississippi River. We listened to an entire audiobook and still had time to talk. It’s hard to get a feel for the…
Usually I try not to mix the law[1] and my humor pieces[2], but sometimes the world forces me to do it. I came across a federal court decision which contained this language: “Humor is an important medium of legitimate expression and central to the well-being of individuals, society, and their government. Despite its typical literal…
I read a lot of books in a lot of genres, including a lot of historical fiction. One of the things I like about fiction is that it allows me to put myself into the lives of people I wouldn’t otherwise meet and learn how to see the world from their eyes. There are actual…