by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 6, 2021 | Weekly Column
We are a nation divided. Half of us want to do the responsible, scientifically proven gesture to help our fellow man; the rest think it’s just fine to walk their dogs and toss the collected bag of poo into their neighbor’s garbage can. A friend...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 30, 2021 | Weekly Column
I think the people who make M&M’s may have hit on the perfect way for folks who are too shy to say how they really feel to finally just put it all out there. I first noticed the “M&M’s Messages” candy in the checkout line this...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 23, 2021 | Weekly Column
It’s hard not to bristle a little at the latest advice regarding how to deal with anti-vaxxers. Everywhere you turn, we (the vaccinated) are told to never argue and berate but rather to speak calmly, avoid demeaning language and basically treat them like...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 16, 2021 | Weekly Column
Duh Hubby’s slightly older, single friend “Otis” had a surprising reaction when Duh told him, after years of him begging and me insisting it would make our living room look like a sports bar, I had presented him with the big TV of his dreams...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 9, 2021 | Weekly Column
When we first emerged from pandemic isolation, we looked like prehistoric cave creatures, blinking slowly as we saw light for the very first time. Except instead of light, it was a waiter approaching with a tray of water glasses. What wonderment is this?...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 2, 2021 | Weekly Column
Look, I don’t want to say Hunter Biden’s artwork is terrible because I’ve got just enough redneck in me to simply not understand how a bunch of dots and splotches could cost half a million dollars. “It’s art,” says...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 26, 2021 | Weekly Column
Over the years, I’ve devoted at least a column or 10 to protesting the hilariously high prices at Panera. And, yes, since you ask, it was an exceedingly slow news week when this happened; What’s your point? These periodic rants, it should be...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 12, 2021 | Weekly Column
I’m not sure when it happened but fashion has decided we women of a certain age need to dress like clowns. Billowy, technicolor, ruffled things that seem designed to make everyone stare when we walk into a room. And then look away awkwardly because nobody...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 5, 2021 | Weekly Column
OK, so I was wrong about Chrissy Teigen. Here’s my quote in this space a month or so ago: “As I say 12-15 times a day, thank God for Chrissy Teigen…” This was in reference to CT’s aura of awesomeness in general and, specifically, her...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 28, 2021 | Weekly Column
Dear Readers: This column ran in Gannett newspapers on Father’s Day. My contract requires me to wait a couple of weeks before posting on my personal media, which is entirely fair. Soooo, that’s why you’re reading a Father’s Day column...
