by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jan 15, 2026 | The Lighter Side
This past Christmas, my childhood friend’s wish finally came true. From the time she was young, she longed for the joy of owning an Easy-Bake Oven. Dreams of producing baked wonders beyond earthly compare filled her imagination. However, it was a wish destined to...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Dec 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
As I deliberated over the many delectable options for baking for the Christmas season, memories of epic cooking fails began surfacing: the exploding turkey liver, the brownie Pintaster, the cookie lava covering my oven, and more. In retrospect, many of them are...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Nov 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
Do you lie awake at night thinking about the imponderables of life, the questions that seem to have no answer? I don’t, but I do have questions. For example, what if Shakespeare had written like Dr. Seuss? I’ve discovered that ChatGPT.com, an artificial intelligence...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Oct 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
As a child, on a hot summer day, do you remember fantasizing with friends about wondrous things you wished would come true? I do. Having the stars in our eyes polished by reading mystery and adventure stories, we often dreamed about finding buried treasure. Today’s...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Sep 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
It’s true! In light of a recent experience, it’s clear that I may have missed my calling. I am a master negotiator and could have used that skill for the benefit of humanity. What is my proof? Faded on one side, our outdoor chair cushions, which now clashed with our...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Aug 15, 2025 | The Lighter Side
My grandson is human! What an astonishing revelation! Now, I can sleep knowing that he isn’t a polar bear or a duck. My phone relayed this earth-shaking information to me. As a society, have we lost our collective memory? How did we live before our devices filled in...
