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Guest opinion: Cat for a day

Nov 23, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Last year, I finally achieved my life’s ambition to become a pampered cat. It only lasted a day, but being a cat was just as gloriously self-centered and lazy as I had always imagined. I highly recommend it. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, I was my normal, happy pre-feast self, with visions of new and even more fattening recipes dancing in my head. Then, BLAM!!!! At 7:35 exactly, I was seized with a massive coughing fit. My eyes filled, my nose filled and I knew I was doomed.
Guest opinion: Position wanted: Hermit

Nov 7, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd I’ve decided I want to be a hermit. Did you know that being a hermit was actually a legitimate job back in the day? Can you imagine? No Zoom meetings! No meetings of any kind! I’m an introvert. I absolutely loved not having any social obligations during COVID. In some places during the 1700s to 1800s, having a hermit was simply THE thing.
Guest opinion: In the closet

Sep 28, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd My darling sister-in-law Margie is a little fireball with enough personality for ten people and a southern accent. About a month ago, Margie and her husband went up to Butte, Montana, with my husband Dave and daughter Catherine for a funeral. I couldn’t go, but Dave and Catherine kept me in the loop.
Guest opinion: Respect for ‘The Fractured Prune’

Sep 8, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd I want to introduce you to one of my favorite fictional women, Amelia Peabody. If you haven’t yet met Amelia, dash to your local library and grab Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters. It’s the first of a very long series (Amelia would demand no less). I admire Amelia for her self-assurance. Usually, her level of confidence is only gifted to politicians and very small children.
Guest opinion: Travel math and other incidentals

Aug 26, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd I love to travel, but even I have to admit there are downsides, the worst of which is cost. Naturally, the farther away one goes, the more it costs, and one needs to consider whether it's worth spending your retirement and your children's college fund to get there (yes). To help you plan for future adventures, I've broken down cost and a few other common inconveniences.
Guest opinion: Disappointing the kids

Jul 22, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd Some people are great with kids. My husband, Dave, is one of these. He's the baby-whisperer. When the two of us were the nursery leaders at church. The kids would often come to sit with us (meaning Dave) during the other meetings. Once, the parents of a little boy who worshipped Dave were motioning for their son to come over and sit with them.
July / August 2024 Issue

Jun 24, 2024 | funnytimes.com | Anneli Byrd |Pat Byrnes |Raymond Lesser |Roz Warren

Cartoons and stories about Animals, Nights Out, TV, Sharing Space, Keeping Up Appearences, Mimes, Cartoonist Asher Perlman, Campus Protests, Deep Thoughts, Scams, Attitudes and much, much more! With Cartoons By: Isabella Bannerman, Joshua Barkman, Clay Bennett, Marc Bilgrey, Harry Bliss, Martin Bucella, Pat Byrnes, Jon Carter, Todd Condron, Dave Coverly, Joe Duffy, Steve Greenberg, Bill Griffith, Scott Hilburn, Jeff Hobbs, Keith Knight, Mary Lawton, Carol Lay, Chris Monroe, Dan Perkins, Leigh...
Guest opinion: A writer’s lament

Jun 24, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd I know a surprising number of people who like to write and dream of hitting the big time, all the while keeping their pages in a drawer for fear that someone might read them. Putting your stuff out there is scary! Some, like me, write for their local papers, or self-publish, or have a blog or two. Scary or not, I mostly have a lot of fun.
Guest opinion: Shoes for EVERY Occasion

Jun 4, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

1 / 2The author's pair of electric blue Nike Shox shoes — popular among podiatrists and 6-year-old boys. Photo supplied, Anneli Byrd2 / 2Anneli ByrdPhoto supplied ❮ ❯ The author’s pair of electric blue Nike Shox shoes — popular among podiatrists and 6-year-old boys.
Guest opinion: Lawn Care 101

May 6, 2024 | standard.net | Anneli Byrd

Photo suppliedAnneli Byrd What is the secret to a beautiful lawn? Today, I thought I’d share my annual spring ritual, which is guaranteed to give you, if not a beautiful lawn, at least one that looks like mine. I usually start the year with the simple task of spraying the weeds in the driveway with weed killer. I don’t know why I insist on thinking this will be simple.