Nancy Franklin's MirthquakesThis website is about life's absurdities
I’m really looking forward to the Super Bowl. Not because it’s a time-honored titanic struggle — a clash between two superior teams of finely honed athletes risking life and limb to achieve the zenith of athletic…
It began with the travel brochures for Costa Rica. They were beautiful — lush jungle, wildlife adventures and sparkling, blue oceans. My husband was hooked. Now, there are many ways to experience Costa Rica. Ours was…
Chirp! Like a hungry bird, my BlackBerry alerts me that a text message is waiting. “R u there Mom?” Our daughter, a freshman at Arizona State, is checking in. “Hi, Sweetie! Wazzup?” I reply. I don’t…
My father had quite a sense of humor and loved all things spooky and ghoulish. He had a particular fondness for Charles Addams, whose cartoons became the basis for the 1960s series “The Addams Family.” Through…
My husband and I recently bought our 15-year-old daughter the DVD of “The Notebook.” Having paid several times the price in rental fees for her and her friends, we felt it was worth the $13.99 investment. …
“You have malignant melanoma,” the dermatologist told me. But that wasn’t the worst of it. The worst part was that the pathologist’s report had been in my chart for over a year and my dermatologist had…
