Rat Rescue

“Are those ferrets?” the guy two seats down from me asked.  Between us a girl had just sat down and placed an animal carrying case on her lap.  She opened it up, took one of the two critters out, cuddled and kissed him.  Ferrets?  I knew better.  Yes, their little black faces were cute.  But…

On Living Vicariously

“I mean, don’t get me wrong,” she said.  “I love my kids.”  Then she lowered her voice: “But if I had to do it all over again…”  She stopped and looked at me – frowning, her slightly parted lips showing her clenched teeth.  I knew what she was saying. I had just told a group…

The Eharmony Experiment

NB?  What does that stand for, I thought to myself as I perused my latest eharmony “match.”  Did they seriously try to set me up with someone from New Brunswick?  As is Canada? As in north of Maine?! Yes, they did.  It’s a “flex match” they tell me.  Yes, I’d have to be quite flexible…