Do you have specific memories of moments of a stunned double take? The kind when your jaw drops, and you blink and pinch yourself and look again? You bet I have, and one of the most curious kinds happened not too long ago. Quite a few of you might know by now that one of […]
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Boyle's Double Take – Piano in the Park
During a recent coffee shop gathering at Topside Coffee Cabin, two elements were present making the meeting somewhat Ernest Hemingway-like. Present at the table were two writers and two drinks. Susanne Bacon, a published, internationally known author teamed up with Joe Boyle, an internationally unknown wannabe author who is only famous at Topside Coffee Cabin. […]
Bacon’s Double Take – Double Take
You might have already made a double take at the Suburban Times headlines today. Is it a typo? There are two headlines with almost the same wording. The only difference is the very first word. Apart from that, what’s a double take on a double take? Does it multiply it by two, and should it […]
Boyle’s Double Take – Double Take
I can’t believe it. Nor will you. In fact what I have to say may break a Guinness record for people doing more double takes than ever recorded in the history of mankind. I am not talking about the Guinness Book of Records. I am talking about a bunch of guys and gals sitting around […]
Across the Fence: A Winter Walk
Sometimes we don’t even know what little jewels are right in our neighborhood until we stumble across them. One of these past sunny, icy-cold winter days, my husband and I decided to take a walk on a trail we hadn’t explored before. And it would be an utterly exhilarating experience. We drove up SR 99 […]
Westside Story – New Year's Resolutions
Today, January 1, 2020, I endeavor to avoid procrastinating on my duty to our publisher, Ben Sclair. I am sitting at my keyboard, creating my first column for our new year. If you are reading my first 2020 column, I wish to congratulate you on beating the Grim Reaper out of one more year. I […]
Across the Fence: May It Bring Luck!
Numerous are the customs and traditions we stick to in order to bring about good luck for a new year. This year, we are expecting an entirely new decade to begin, and I bet a number of you have already made plans how to change their lives, have bought bubbly, might pour molten lead to […]
Westside Story – Comments Please
The other day I was leaving a business in Dupont. Well, it was not really Dupont, but I am taking poetic license to say it was Dupont because I do not seem to write about Dupont very often. Maybe it is because not much goes on in Dupont. Or perhaps it is because a lot […]
Westside Story – A Question of Prayer
As a writer, I have the responsibility and power to distract you from the heavy burden of thinking daily about Pelosi, Trump, and impeachment. To see if I succeed in taking your mind off politics, please read my next five paragraphs. Just last week, we met with estate planning lawyer, Bert the Barrister; not to […]