Dept. of Nance

W hen I read a book or watch television or listen to the radio, my Internal English Teacher, Writer, and Editor immediately report for duty....

J ust when I thought I couldn't take It anymore--It being my scary bad Haircut, the unrelenting Heat, the constant Barrage Of Badness ...

original image from cattime.com N o matter who said it (and the disagreement about its origin is brisk and ongoing), Absence really doe...

S ince we last chatted, Not Much has happened or Lots has happened, depending upon your Perspective. Here's a Quickie Rundown: 1. ...

W e join a Cleveland Sunday news show already in progress... Robin: And today is National Jelly Bean Day! The sweet little treat i...

I t would seem I'm a Terrible Virtual Friend and Correspondent. So many days have drifted by and here we are with nothing more won...

This idea is my gift to you.  Please make it happen and keep all the profits! D earest Readers, let's all check our calendars togeth...

I s it almost Every Day now? Because it feels like almost Every Day--that almost Every Day a school is On Lockdown, or there is a School...

Y ikes! Almost two weeks since my last post. Lots of excuses, but let's leave them be and jump right in with something that makes i...

Photo Dept. of Nance G reat sense of humour over at the ad agency in charge of the layout of this ad, which arrived in my mail today fo...

O n Saturday, Rick repaired--again--my coffeemaker. I'm inordinately and irrationally fond of this coffeemaker, a Cuisinart drip mode...

L et's have a bit of This 'n That, which also happens to be the weather forecast for NEO. Please don't mistake that for A Com...

S cene opens on Living Room. Dinner is over; it is approximately 7 PM. Rick is in his chair. Nance enters from the bedroom where she has ...

E ven with large doses of Vitamin D, I still fight through Seasonal Affective Disorder during NEO's interminable winters. I employ lo...

L adies and Gentlemen, we here at The Big Simple Polls, LLC, have our collective finger on the pulse of the nation. At times like these,...

L et me warn you now: my brain has turned to Polar Mush, and I take no responsibility for the coherence of this post. Yesterday, I lit...

L ast Thursday, after grocery shopping with a lighter heart since Things Are Back To Normal, I was steering my Prius back home, barely gri...

I 'm just going to jump right in and Flex My Writing Muscles with a Spontaneous Post. December was a long and arduous month, and just...

W ishing you Peace and Joy H owever and Wherever Y ou may find them. The Dept. will be back up and running in January.  Until...

O ne goal of mine has been to eliminate Junk Repositories from my home. I detest cutesy Crap Containers, so-called Organizers, any flat s...