I’m always surprised by what you can find out about someone just by reading their car. Forget trying to figure out an incomprehensible vanity license plate.  All you have to do these days is read the stickers and decals and cling-ons and magnetic ribbons people seem to be sticking all over their vehicles.  Everything from how […]

I was in the cafeteria at work the other day thinking about how much workplace fashions have changed since I was a shiny new worker-bee Betsy. For example, I was working at a bank when casual Fridays came into vogue. In fact, they had been all the rage in other industries for several years (banks […]

I often ponder what I should write on my blog. But then I figure I should just tell you what I’m thinking about at the time. Because, hey. I’ve really got nothing else to write about. This week I’ve been thinking about colds. Head colds. Well, really head colds that settle in your throat and […]

Twas The Week Before Christmas by Betsy Horvath     Twas the week before Christmas And out at the mall, A tide of anxiety Threatens us all. The merchants are busy Hawking their wares, While parents pull out What’s left of their hairs. The sales clerks are frazzled And just slightly mad, But the stores, […]

I used to love playing with my Barbies. My sister and I would crack their little legs and put them on my mother’s spinning wheel. We would spin the wheel and they’d go flying across the room….good times. Our Barbies and Kens would go camping and swimming and ride in their cars and even on […]

When pregnancies crop up among my friends and co-workers I, as an author, feel that it is my obligation, nay, my duty, to help come up with names for the babies. As far as I know, none of my suggestions have ever been chosen by the parents, but I remain ever hopeful. It has occurred […]