Author: Duchess Diaries

When the chickens were little I wavered between wanting a nice car and, well, having three children who filled the back end of whatever I used to haul them around with goldfish crackers, cheerios and an occasionally half sucked lollipop stuck to the car mat. I resisted a minivan because, well, I tried even then… Continue reading You Had Me At Built-In Vac…

Women of a certain age are coming into their own. A “second act” movement is under foot. Unlike our mothers, we refuse to shut up and be good. We refuse to adhere to a set of rules defined for us by generations past. We refuse to accept a singular definition of feminism and prefer to… Continue reading That Certain Age…

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…except when with Sisterella, Middle Chicken and her doll, Lawyer Boy. Shows, good food, drink and be merry. Oh and meet Bethenny. Yep, that Bethenny. The New York mouth that never stops. The woman talks so fast her words could outrun a cheetah. Meandering through The Palazzo and my… Continue reading What Stays In Vegas…

Three cups of coffee paired with Sunday morning political shows makes me an expert in foreign policy, the needs of the electorate and who should be president. Just kidding, no one on either ticket should be president. This morning’s news flurry features the DNC emails. Is Hillary, in her best $12,500 jacket, ready to be… Continue reading Wine Is The Only Answer…

I run into a friend who took a trip to meet my favorite car dealer, Big Al. He tells me all about his experience. Just as I said he would, he had a great time—a first for car buying, got the deal he was after and was most impressed taking the virtual test drives before… Continue reading Virtual Test Drive…A Real Thing

A year since radiation and chemo comes and goes. Garbled speech remains. It’s better. It’s just not normal.  Curiosity, or nosiness, gets the best of some and they make inquiries. “Are you wearing Invisalign?” “Were you once deaf?” “Um, no?” comes my quizzical answer. ​​   “Oh, ‘cuz it sounds like you were once deaf… Continue reading Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad…

You can no longer buy human skulls on ebay. Damn. It’s just one thing crossing my desk this week. Want more? People had to be asked not to search for Pokemon in the Holocaust Museum. Really? Do they not have mothers? Two men in California fell off a cliff searching for the elusive little creatures.… Continue reading Real News…Really

Kale is having a moment. Much like fat-free cookies and artificial butter, it won’t last. Thank Sweet Baby Jesus. The day kale packs its suitcase to join the other food fads in the diet annals can’t come soon enough. Despite throngs knealing at kale’s altar, the simple truth is kale has uses. It’s supposed to… Continue reading Kale Is Having A Moment…

“It will take a long time for your mouth to open all the way again.” This doctor is a stand in for my regular cancer guy. He assures me my tiny mouth opening won’t stay miniscule forever. Again, it’s a gift from radiation. Kind of like a boomerang, it just keeps swinging around to whack… Continue reading Cheeseburger In Paradise…

  As full circle would have it, yesterday found this girl hiking the mountains of Colorado on the very day, five years ago, that my husband died hiking the woods of Colorado. There’s a message in there somewhere but I’ll be damned if I know what it is. No, we aren’t in those woods. I… Continue reading Full Circle…