Articles I Can Skip

By Cynthia Ruchti –

Do you read every word of every magazine you pick up? I didn’t think so. Unless you are my sister, Carol, you skip most of the ad copy, articles with limp titles, and articles with too many words and too little white space. Read more

A Fleeting Thought

By Cynthia Ruchti –

I can’t blame it on advancing years. I’ve had these fleeting thoughts since childhood. An occasional bizarre thought that flits through my mind in a nanosecond. It’s usually another two or three nanos before I realize, “Well, that was dumb,” or “I’d have more signs than this if I were insane, right?” Read more

On the Way to Something Else

I stopped myself in the nick of time.

The day had a good foothold by the time I turned my attention to making the bed. My brain was tired already from a good workout—many things accomplished since dawn. Read more

Murphy’s Laws of Marriage

I wish I’d known about Murphy’s Laws of Marriage a long time ago.

Husbands will only attempt to fix a leaky faucet if you’re in the middle of meal preparation.

Husbands will inevitably turn off water to the whole house for an indeterminate amount of time, reroute something that WAS working, and leave the project to go the store for more parts—in direct proportion to how much laundry and how many family members need to take a shower. Read more

No That’s Good

One of my favorite children’s books—a fun read for both parents and kids—is That’s Good, That’s Bad by Margery Cuyler.

The normal response to the things happening to the little boy main character is “Oh, that’s good!” A trip to the zoo. A red balloon. A timely happenstance. But the narrator explains at every point, “No, that’s bad!” Disaster follows on the heels of what seem like smile-worthy provisions.

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