Author: Kathy Varner
Dear Horticulturalists at the Botanical Garden
I am a regular visitor. I want your job. I’ve been working for four attorneys who do child abuse cases for twenty-two years. I’m over it. I would like to prune the Queen Elizabeth roses in the rose garden because that…
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOW
My cranky fifteen year old son says, “Mom, I don’t think you’re funny.” I say, “Charles, I think you’re funny. Looking.” Charles marches off. His father says, “Charles, can I have a hug?” Charles says,”NO.” Then, he goes to his…
The Un-Conventional Fiddler’s Convention
I pick up my friend Scott. I’ve known Scott since 1983. I met him at the frat house where my high school friends and I hung around and partied. During one of the parties my parents thought I was attending…
Calgon Take Me Away
ED: Welcome to our great new writer, author Kathy Varner: writer of Wacky on the Junk! My husband calls me at work. “Charles set the bamboo forest on fire.” The first thing that comes to mind is that my ten…