Just Sayin’: Why Me?
We’ve all said it at least once in our lives. Usually having to do with some terrible circumstance that has befallen us . . . An auto accident, a loss of job , a major illness, financial setbacks . .… Continue Reading
Author: Adrienne Jacoby
Just Sayin’: Fads, Fads and More Fads
As any of you who have visited any kind of a campus in the last 50 years knows, fads among the natives are alive and well. Having lived in the junior high melee for some 27 years, I’ve certainly seen my share.… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: Wait’ll I Get My Hat…
Of course I love to travel. I’m genetically programmed to love to travel. They used to say about my grandmother that you could say the word ‘go’ to her and her response always was, “Wait ‘til I get my hat… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: ‘How do you do that?’
Since I’ve been doing this “writing thing,” I’ve had a couple of people ask me, “How do you do that?” That very question had occurred to me a number of times over the years. I am an avid (my mother called… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: Dynamics, Family and Otherwise
Have you ever noticed that families, and for that matter, any group of people, are interesting animals? Any family holiday get-together brings this thought to the up-close-and-personal level. Uncle Ernie shows up and everyone has a good time. Cousin Joe shows up and you… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: To Pun or Not to Pun
So just what is it about puns that some folks reject out of hand and others just adore? Some great minds have posited that puns are the lowest form of humor. And we all know that the using of a… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: In Front of God and Everybody?
Exposed! Now there’s a loaded term and yup, we’ve all felt it from time to time. There are all levels of exposure. But in reality, have you ever felt that you had no defenses behind which to hide? That pretty much… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: Ode to a Train
Ode to a train. No, that is not to be confused with eau d’train!! And then you wonder who on Earth and why on Earth anyone would want to eulogize trains. I love trains. No argument against them is going… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: Doors, Doors and More Doors
Doors, doors and more doors. Not the seminal rock group. Sorry. There are doors . . . and then there are doors. Doors always carry the implication that there is something on the other side. Good, bad or indifferent, there is something… Continue Reading
Just Sayin’: Redding is Juuust Right
Redding is juuust right. That may be so, but I’m supposing I ought to define “just right” – for what. In my not-so-humble opinion (the one that, along with two or three bucks, will buy you a cup of coffee)… Continue Reading
