• Weekend Wanderer: A Spooky October Tale

    Weekend Wanderer: A Spooky October Tale

    Jack O’Lanterns blaze fiery grins.  Spirits prepare for All Hallows Eve.  So.  How about a creepy little tale?  Good horror — Amityville, The Exorcist, The Strangers — is at least based on a true story.  So rest, well, not assured. Disturbed, maybe? Yeah. Rest disturbed this story is completely true.  Growing up, my older cousin…

  • Weekend Wanderer: I Spent the Day in Baltimore. I Have No Idea What I Did While I Was There

    Weekend Wanderer: I Spent the Day in Baltimore. I Have No Idea What I Did While I Was There

    After spending two Fridays straightening out her finances, I had a very grateful Willie on my hands.  Willie’s finances — how do I put this?   Well, recently, I watched all of The Exorcist sequels.  I had to, guys. My horror podcast is working its way through The Exorcist films. To prepare for the new Exorcist…

  • Weekend Wanderer: Do I Want to Live Somewhere Rural?

    Weekend Wanderer: Do I Want to Live Somewhere Rural?

    Something disturbing happened to me last week.  Wait. That’s not accurate.   I did something disturbing last week.  Yes. That’s better. I did something disturbing. Something I don’t understand.   You see — well — you guys know my husband’s family has a cabin.  And you know how I feel about that cabin.  It’s not that I…

  • Weekend Wanderer: Spending a Week with Thailand

    Weekend Wanderer: Spending a Week with Thailand

    I promise this isn’t another column about scuba.  But.  Given my aquatic adventures of late, I am obsessed with two cinematic genres.  The first is scuba and scuba-adjacent horror movies.   “Should you be watching this?” my husband sighed as I watched Blake Lively’s battle for survival against a shark oblivious to any food that wasn’t…

  • Weekend Wanderer: Getting on a Parent’s Bad Side

    Weekend Wanderer: Getting on a Parent’s Bad Side

    I’ve entered a new quadrant of the Willie Universe.  The likelihood that someone I know could wind up living in the apartment next to Willie has got to be slim, right?  But the likelihood this situation could ruin my life is a guarantee.  It all starts with my daughter.  Wasn’t I just saying last week…

  • Weekend Wanderer: The Cold Shower Trend Became More Than a Trend

    Weekend Wanderer: The Cold Shower Trend Became More Than a Trend

    I think having kids made my life better.  Wait.   Do I? Yeah. Yes. I do. Made my life better, made me a better person. Yeah.   Sure.  Take this summer. I drove my kids to New Jersey on 31 separate days this summer. One day, I drove to New Jersey twice — two entirely different directions. …