Periodically I receive a postcard in the mail from a local community service based organization that collects unwanted household and personal articles. They clean them up and sels them in their local charity shop. Periodically I accumulate a small pile of things in anticipation of the postcard, and on the Read more…
We recently celebrated a family event and my daughter and her boyfriend paid a visit from Europe to attend. During our conversations it was revealed that her boyfriend is temporarily working with her in her part-time job at a local customer survey call center where she does surveys by telephone. Read more…
This morning I drove past a premium grocery chain store and noticed with some amusement that a panhandler (commonly known as a beggar) was perched next to the parking lot exit holding the universally familiar cardboard “unemployed – need help” sign. I thought it was particularly apt that the said Read more…