by Brenda Erb Roberts | Feb 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side |
Due to a health concern, my husband, to whom I now fondly refer as The Reluctant Vegetarian (TRV), has had to make some dietary changes. That means his cook—who would be me—has had to implement those changes. Gone are red meat, including pork, fermented foods (think...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jan 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side |
An Astonishing (and Strange) Revelation It was a dark and rainy night—again. Christmas week in our area this past year was wet and gray. Despite the soggy skies and ground, we didn’t want to miss seeing a beautiful seasonal light display. So, our son, his family, and...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Dec 15, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
The Background Until a few years ago, I categorized watching Hallmark movies as somewhere between pathetic and incomprehensible. Then, for some unknown reason, I started watching them. Even more unbelievably, I began enjoying them and have the socks to prove it. Since...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Nov 15, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
Car Problems Create Other Car Problems I have car problems. It’s making funny noises. If you own a car, you’ve undoubtedly heard them. They might be scraping, squealing, thumping, banging or any other audible harbinger of doom. But you also know that ignoring them...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Oct 15, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
Image from Canva.com Cultural Woes—Typos, Autocorrect and Crazy Texts It’s a modern problem—typos, autocorrect and crazy text messages. When the technology wizards intervene or choose not to, messages can be hilarious, garbled, or embarrassingly inappropriate. In the...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Sep 23, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
What Happened in the Dead of Night? It wasn’t a dark and stormy night; it was just dark. And I slammed into an immovable object in the dead of night. Had an intruder erected a brick wall while I was sleeping, and if so, why? No, it was a middle-of-the-night,...
