How to clean a Bloody Mary mess in flight

How to clean a Bloody Mary mess in flight

It’s a good thing that the woman in seat 8A listened to her neighbor back home and brought wet wipes in her carry-on. “You just never know when you might need them,” her neighbor had advised her. And as luck would have it, she did need them when the passenger in...
To Miss Know-It-Already

To Miss Know-It-Already

Dear December 31, 2017 Me, What can I say that you don’t already know? You are at the end of a year that I can only dream about. You have experienced events that I have no idea will end up on the calendar. They are secrets to me now as they should be. If 2015 Me had...
Yes, Mr. Dickens, it was the best

Yes, Mr. Dickens, it was the best

Charles Dickens made them famous, Erma Bombeck made them funny, and I made them a summary of my experience at the 2016 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, March 31-April 2. I’m referring to six simple words Dickens wrote in 1859 with quill in hand to begin...