by Sandy Lingo | May 24, 2018 |
““Vanity is the quicksand of reason.” George Sand, Pearls of Thought“Shut your mouth!” he shouted at me. It was a loving caution from my husband who knew I was about to fall over some huge obstacle on the sidewalk, a caterpillar turd or a fly fart, perhaps....
by Sandy Lingo | Apr 3, 2018 |
This post was inspired by real events. All names have been changed, except mine. No writer can resist the urge to make herself look clever on the page. Three retired teachers, women of a certain age (mine), are seated at a table in Applebees. “Hello. My name is Chet,...
by Sandy Lingo | Mar 18, 2018 |
When you go to the doctors’ office at 7:30 in the morning, and you say you have the flu, you get a pink mask. And for a doctor, you get who you get which is okay, because I just want a prescription, and any old MD will do. I first have to tell the...
by Sandy Lingo | Feb 25, 2018 |
The sight of Mt. Fuji filled me with dread. It was going to be another fat-shaming experience in the Land of the Rising Sun and the Small Bottoms. ‘ My husband pretended not to notice that, with the exception of Sumo wrestlers, I was the broadest-beamed...
by Sandy Lingo | Sep 13, 2017 |
Musings of a Viking/Wiking Wannabe I admit, most Americans don’t often think of Iceland as a vacation destination, but now that Iceland’s WOW Airline is servicing Cincinnati’s airport and advertising $99 tickets, I expect travel north, far north, will become...
