After watching my son deftly handle text messages on his cell phone, while juggling IM’s on his laptop computer, while flipping channels on the remote […]

I just watched a few old movies, and I was delighted to see some old favorite musical numbers remind me that I have been wanting […]

It’s been five years since I first published a blog on disliking my name. I heard from other Arlenes that they too grew up hating […]

An acquaintance posted on FB about her daughter learning to drive, and then a reminiscing group spoke of it back in the day, which led […]

For those of my regular readers, I have long lived in an area of Houston called the Meyerland/Bellaire area of the city. It is a […]

I grew up in a tight-knit community that was a suburban part of a major city. The area was far enough removed from the center […]

As I write this, I have four other blogs written, waiting to be published except for final edits (the part of writing I dislike the […]

I know some of my readers were anxious to know the result of my research into the Troll who has left me some nasty messages […]

Recently, when I was floating lazily in my backyard pool on a bright summer day, I found myself drinking in the cool deliciousness of my […]

Way back when I started in journalism for a small local paper, I learned that not everyone was going to agree with every piece I […]