I was always a good four hour drinker. If I had a glass of wine or two getting ready and a roadie for liquid courage, I’d arrive at the party with a little buzz and about four hours until the witching hour, when I sneaked out the back door. I was famous for ghosting. I’d hit […]
My husband used to enumerate at cocktail parties, the number of years of “wedded bliss” we had endured. With his English accent and studied, straight face it was obvious he was being ironic. We had some great times, but it was not all familial rapture: no marriage is without its ups and downs. I […]
I went to a party on Saturday night, with a lot of people I haven’t seen for a while. It was at my new favorite house on the beautiful Runyan Lake. The guys all said I look good. There was a time at about hour four, when Carrie and I were nestled in the corner of the […]
Jim says he’s been in Italy since May and all he can think about is kayaking on the Suwannee. I had my first kayaking experience last weekend and I understand what he means. I can’t stop thinking about it myself. We were staying at my friend Ross’s cabin and he and I went out on the […]
I didn’t realize it was the first time I had been on a boat since I’ve been sober, until I was on a boat looking at the big white cooler that, on most watercraft, holds cold beer and wine… It was the first time in three years I was going for a boat ride that wasn’t a […]
I spent yesterday on the Pine River with some outdoorsy, backwoods types. Not like those guys from The Revenant, but people who do know their way around a duck blind and a from-scratch campfire. To put it into the proper perspective, I heard a group talking about the fact there was a log jam […]
The old “Cheers” theme song, set in the neighborhood bar, crooned, “Sometimes you wanna go where everyone knows your name…” I guess that is what most people want, but I had an interesting experience this weekend. I went to a family party for the high school graduation of my cousin’s son. The lovely town […]
