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 | Aug 20, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
The Site of My Folly, But I Didn't Go to Jail! It began innocently—it just didn’t end that way. I am a rule follower. I don’t disregard instructions and orders and surreptitiously disobey if I don’t like them. But this time, I openly flaunted the regulations. However,...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jul 15, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
"Can" and "should" are different concepts, but we made it here! Have you ever trusted a GPS to guide you along the most direct route? How did that work out for you? My husband and I learned an excellent life lesson on our recent vacation: “can” and “should” are...
