Dept. of Nance

I 'm not entirely sure as to when--or even where--I first saw The Wizard of Oz in color, but it had a profound effect on me. Oh, su...

I t's been so very long since I wrote anything that I'm just going to open up my head and see what falls out. I'm worried, ac...

K ind of a mixed bag today as I pull together several bits of Cerebral Bric-a-Brac. Have you a moment? A snack or beverage? Let's o...

K nock Knock Who's there? Donald Tr-- Oh, god.  Still? Yes.  It hasn't even been a year yet. F*^k. original image...

G etting around in my area is a Nightmare lately.  I'll spare you the horrific details of closed roads, new traffic patterns, and So Muc...

T he Acronym TGIF has long ago ceased to have weighty import for me--Retired, you know. Each day flows seamlessly into the next and I oft...

gifts-of-gratitude.blogspot.com G uess what? The Dept. of Nance is Twelve! Once again, I almost missed it. Twelve Augusts ago, The ...

E arlier this month, the group that owns the restaurant chain Applebee's announced it was closing up to 135 of its restaurants. It g...

E ver since I was a little girl, my mother has been an alarmist about The Weather. As soon as skies would darken with storm clouds, s...

facepaintforum.com E ven though I don't feel at all ashamed about Getting Real last week (it was so Cathartic), I have to tell you t...

W elcome to Getting Real With Nance. Today's show will feature Nance Getting Real on a variety of topics, mainly because she'...

O h, Dearest Readers, I Am Back. Back from gorgeous and wineful Niagara-on-the-Lake, and back from the Grey Sad Doldrums of Vitamin D Def...

A nyone at all? Oh, I do hope so. I'm popping in for a Quick Hello, just to check in and give a brief Update Of Sorts, and then I a...

Zydrunas photo courtesy Sam Donnelly H ello from The Other Side. I still don't have a Full Tank, so to speak, so I can't sta...

Hello, Jared here. I am not great with graphics, HTML, or general Blogging Fanciness like Nance is, so this post may lack some of the aest...

T hings have been quiet here at the Dept ., I know, although I've been visiting your places and chatting here and there. I'd like...

A CT I.   Scene opens on Nance, standing in yet another ridiculously long line at the grocery store. Sympathetic Manager catches her eye...

I n a million years you would never, ever guess where I spent time last weekend. I was in Cleveland at the IX Center at The Piston Power S...

O bviously, I'm in a Writing Slough Of Sloth. If I wait until I have Something Valuable To Say, this spot will collect cyber-cobweb...