Too uncomfortable with flat-out self promotion, my logo pens are the perfect way to anonymously support my Substack account (lizabluehumorist.substack.com).  I have left them at the bank, Starbucks, Social Security office and grocery store.  Goal is to have a pen in every state by the end of the year.   

I spent two weeks on the couch riding out the extreme fatique from a COVID episode.  My constant companion?  Dateline TV, a non stop calvalcade of true crime documentaries, perfect for my flickering attention.  Here's what I learned.

In the mid 60's, many 1950s housewives found Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique"  too aggressive to assimilate.   My mother found the same message more palatable in Peg Bracken's "I Hate to Cook Book."

Take a look into your fridge.  What does it say about you?

Repurposing hymns to honor those hardworking sphincters that make us human.

A memoir piece, a swirling jumble of our common "social emotions."

Advice for crossword puzzle enthusiasts, collected over a 50 year span of doing the NY Time Sunday crossword.

Life lesson from the Beatles as a 12-year-old in 1964.

The emotional experiene of visiting the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, overlooking Omaha Beach.

My first ever experiences with these basic social emotions.