A Bad Hair Day

        I don’t know what I was thinking, but then again, that’s a fairly common occurrence in my forty fifth year on the planet. I suppose I was thinking that it would all go smoothly—that I wouldn’t run into anyone I...

The Knacle’s Christmas Tree

It’s that time of year – the time when we go out in search of the perfect Christmas tree.  We are “real” tree people, though you’ll probably never find me out in the woods looking to cut one down.  I want a real tree; I just don’t want to be cold. This year, we found...

Who Would Want to be Me?

It started like any other day; get up, shower, apply makeup, etc., but before I was even finished with my morning routine the weirdness started.  As I picked up the ringing phone the caller ID read “ITT Tech.”  Odd, why would a technical college be calling me?  I’m...

A Thankgiving Story

Warning: if you are inclined towards being a vegetarian you might want to skip reading this article. Of course, if you do, you’ll miss my grandmother’s classic Thanksgiving story. When I was growing up our family spent most every Thanksgiving with my dad’s...

Cops in the Cornfield

Back in high school, there was a certain rite of passage that kids in my neck of the woods seemed to cherish. They would have loud, obnoxious, alcohol-fueled parties, and then they would run into the nearby cornfields to hide when the cops showed up to bust the party....