I pointed the camera aimlessly at the nearby hillside, and then glanced at the tiny digital image, puzzled. I saw nothing on the hillside, and yet, there, on my camera …
Posted on 19 October 2009
I pointed the camera aimlessly at the nearby hillside, and then glanced at the tiny digital image, puzzled. I saw nothing on the hillside, and yet, there, on my camera …
Posted on 03 August 2009
So I get this email (because journalists my age don’t text – it’s too much like working overtime – only on a very, very, teeny-tiny keyboard with bad lighting and old eyes and arthritic fingers)
Posted on 07 May 2009
A cell phone? What 6-year-old needs a cell phone? But this is grandma – anything is possible. I can buy silly crap for the grandkids and leave the parents to deal with the aftermath …
Posted on 08 April 2009
SCRIBBLES & GIGGLES ——–Dear Geoff,
I have spent the last 1/2 hour trying to explain why we are at war in Afghanistan to Halie, who is now 8, and what is is that you are doing over there ….
Posted on 21 February 2009
FOR the first time in 37 years, I am in a home with no children.
I don’t know whether to cry or celebrate.
I’ve finally reached my lifelong goal – to get to the point where I can no longer be under investigation by Child Protective Services. Even though every time we are together, my 37-year-old daughter [...]
Posted on 26 November 2008
For nearly 17 years, I’ve been writing columns for various newspapers and now, for this Web site.
Posted on 03 November 2008
(Warning: This is the Web! Full of vile and disgusting stuff. Turn back now if you are offended by the words ass, politician, uterus,Tijuana, titmouse, betcha, Republican, cabbagehead, betcha ass or Democrat.)
The day after John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, my brother asked me why I was not running for vice president.
After [...]
Posted on 09 October 2008
I have perfected a technique for raising children called Post It parenting.
Throughout all four of my childrens’ upbringing, I was raising them by the “letter” or, in my case – letters. During the last several years – when my youngest two were teens – I was a single parent working two jobs, and we often communicated with notes [...]
Posted on 10 August 2008
Grandma’s diary:A little nervous about this week-long babysitting gig in Florida. They only see me a few times a year. What if they don’t like me? What if some crazed methhead – I hear Florida is fairly crawling with crazed methheads – tries to get us while I’m taking the kids for a walk? I’m [...]
Posted on 18 July 2008
By Viv Sade
For Buscovoice.com
You know you are a Busconian — a.k.a. Old Busco Folk — if:
You remember when the Magic Wand had carhops.
You were a carhop at the Magic Wand.
You still call CVS Hooks.
You bought groceries at Honest John Shelton’s — now Egolf’s IGA — when it was located downtown at the corner of Washington [...]
Posted on 13 July 2008
I’ve decided to run for president.
Come on – everyone else is.
All I have to do is outsmart Obama and outlive McCain.
My platform? Health care for every American!
Right now you are shaking your head and asking,” What the h#@&?”
But, stick with me here …
Some Americans have health care coverage through their companies, which they can get [...]
Posted on 20 June 2008
By Viv Sade
For Buscovoice.com
I was talking to a group of friends the other day, and an amazing thing came to light.
I have friends.
No, wait, that wasn’t it.
Oh yeah.
We’re getting old.
This great revelation came on the heels of a conversation where one of my friends — we’ll call her Cheryl ’cause that’s her name — was [...]