It pays to have an eclectic group of friends so one never runs out of material. One of my lesbian friends, Callie, related the following: She has a new girlfriend, call her Simba. Callie and Simba are deeply in lust …

Last night I heard the cats coming and going through the cat door like they normally do. Then I realized that I was hearing them in the living room making a strange crunching sound. Fearing the worst, I dragged myself …

Fred wouldn’t leave the house and my divorce lawyer advised me to remain there and get along with him. Funny, if I could get along with him maybe we could’ve stayed married. It was night, around 9:30 or 10 pm. …

Got the kids in the car, ready to head out of town. Went to get gas and there was some Naval officer guy in front of me pumping a cartel’s worth of gas into an Expedition. I tried to get …

At a retreat in Ramona recently, I met two new friends. At the top of a nearby mountain stood a large white cross, so we decided to hike up the path to it. All three of us are women in …

I sleep next to the chicken coop. To be clear, my bedroom is in the back corner of the house and the chicken coop is right outside my window off the back porch. The coop is no Taj Mahal; I …

It was 1973 or so. I was walking home from school with my old gang. As we passed the roller skating rink the BP gas station came into view. The group noticed the wooden cases full of Coca-Cola bottles, sparking …

They keep a dossier on me at the animal shelter. And if you’ve ever had any dealings with them, they have a file on you too. During my divorce, we had to find a new home for our beloved family …