On Cleaning, Paring Down and the Bare Essentials

The Bare EssentialsBy: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the play arrow below.“All I want is two pairs of underwear and a pair of sneakers.”With that odd proclamation, my husband weighed in, somewhat obliquely, I might add, as to whether or not we should purchase a small table and two new chairs for the back porch, something I was lobbying for to replace the broken down set currently [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:21-04:00March 22nd, 2011|2 Comments

Just Another Grouchy Old Couple

by Chrysa SmithMy husband and I were lying in bed this morning. He turned on the news (first mistake), and here went our commentary:Reporter: The Madison Wisconsin Senators are still hiding out in Illinois....Mark (Husband): They should all be fired.Chrysa: Well, they were hired to represent the people; in good times and bad. What kind of example is that? To leave town when the going gets rough?Reporter: Brigham Young University cut a key [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:21-04:00March 16th, 2011|5 Comments

Taking the Middle Road in Search of a Medium

"I'll Take a Medium, Please"By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the "play" arrow below.It’s been a subtle transition, no grand pronouncements, no obvious plan to weed them out, but it is happening, none the less. Mediums are disappearing. You wouldn’t think the gradual extinction of something so unremarkable that it resides in the middle would be a cause for concern. But when I remember that I’m in the [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:21-04:00March 15th, 2011|4 Comments
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