“Yes is for young people. Yes is for young people,” I chanted reassuringly to myself in the bathroom mirror as the hair dye oozed through my plastic-gloved fingertips. A lumpy trail of Vaseline jelly was layered across my forehead at the hairline and down around my ears to save my […]
Beth Caldwell – The View From Here
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I ended last week’s column with “I am the luckiest girl I know,” and yet when I saw that in writing after the newspaper was printed, I thought, no, I’m not lucky. Luck is for lottery ticket winners. I believe I deserve to have a happy life and I live […]
“This is life, not a funeral service,” Melody Beattie writes. That’s the truth. Beginning in July I heeded a wise friend’s advice. I put down my pen, closed the lid on my laptop and took a break from writing my column. Save the one column that showed up for the […]
My brother, Jay, and I grew up a country field away and yet “here” was a constant destination—where my grandparents, Florence and Joe Drennan, lived on the farm. We slept here at their house most Friday nights, waking up early Saturday mornings to help Grandpa with farm chores. My Grandma, […]
It’s late Sunday morning and a gentle rain is falling. I am on the edge of lamenting such precipitation because I could be outside cutting the grass instead of sitting here typing. But then again, as I see it, all things happen for a reason. At least the rain gives […]
Writing from the heart is tricky business. I found that out in a sheepish—albeit comical—way when, once upon a column, I put it all “out there” and wrote about issues with my Greek figure (and included how much I weighed) and my subsequent choices to begin to lead a healthier […]
It’s nearly 9:30 p.m. and I’m looking out my front window at the still and quiet of the evening and the closing off of daylight as the orange sun slides beneath the horizon. Once again, and this time through very sad events in the lives of others, I am reminded […]
I’ve made good on the “Jumpstart to Summer” theme. At this moment, I am more tired than the most tired person on the planet, but I feel like a million bucks. I sucked the marrow out of a three-day weekend, and every used-up muscle and aching joint is a reminder […]
“SMH.” For those of you who have not yet been sucked into the vortex of cellphone texting and Internet acronyms, the three consonants stand for “Shake My Head.” The letters also represent an Australian newspaper known as the Sunday Morning Herald, and likely also are a short form for other […]
“SMH.” For those of you who have not yet been sucked into the vortex of cellphone texting and Internet acronyms, the three consonants stand for “Shake My Head.” The letters also represent an Australian newspaper known as the Sunday Morning Herald, and likely also are a short form for other […]
Erma Bombeck said, “Never have more children than you have car windows.” How about, “Never take more small grandchildren with you to a restaurant than you have arms.” Recently, during a mid-week lull in my calendar of events, I put the question to four of my grandchildren, who range in […]
Erma Bombeck said, “Never have more children than you have car windows.” How about, “Never take more small grandchildren with you to a restaurant than you have arms.” Recently, during a mid-week lull in my calendar of events, I put the question to four of my grandchildren, who range in […]
