Nancy Runner

When I was a young mother, I thought my children were the most beautiful and talented young people I had ever met. I marveled at their...

My mother would have said this was a “harebrained” idea. Eucalyptus is one of my favorite fragrances. When I go to Milwaukee, I pick up...

“Can you help me with this fool thing?” My 80 year-old-friend Laverne held out a Walgreen’s bag with her new Trac phone in it. The storm...

When I pick up a special-order cake from the bakery, there is always that moment of anxiety—“Will it be ready? I hope they didn’t lose my...

For sale. A resident in this senior apartment community offered a George Foreman indoor/outdoor electric grill for $25. It was just the...

After I put my toe through a thin spot on my flannel sheet, I knew it was time to throw the fitted-half of this bedding set into the...

My hands were almost shaking with excitement. “Nancy, you are pathetic,” I said to myself. A New Project! What was getting me so revved...

“I would like to celebrate my birthday by going out to lunch, so I’m organizing my own party….no gifts, of course! And I hope you don’t...

I must have had too much caffeine. One day I felt industrious and decided to wash the mattress pad and bedspread. I trundled the two...

“Hola, mucho gusto,” I said to the young man in front of me. “Hello, glad to meet you,” it meant in English. I was a volunteer tax...