Tag: Wendi Rank

There is pen ink on the living room lampshade. Oil paint is ground into the family room carpet. A weird goo is crusted into the…

The long and short of this story is the scammer got my parents to purchase $2,000 worth of Best Buy gift cards.

And they…

I was married under a falsehood. Let’s just get that out of the way right now.

My intended had employed treachery and trickery to…

I have shared a few controversial positions, writing for this publication.

I don’t like the shore. I don’t find Disney World magical. The…

I suppose the announcement last month from the CDC, the one nudging schools to get kids back full-time, should have given me that same…

I’m not sure where, exactly, my son’s sheets went. I know I handed them to him. I know I told him to make…

I’m going to Scotland.

Not today, obviously. Or tomorrow. Or in 2021.

Or in 2022.

Maybe 2024?

That feels depressingly far away.

Well, everything…

They’re turning their houses into Mardi Gras floats in New Orleans.

The pandemic has forced the cancellation of the traditional, annual parade of bright…

In the end, it was the smartwatch that sealed my fate.

It started 2:30 Tuesday morning when I let my dog into the yard…

Let me be clear.

I hate hiking.

But we all know time spent outdoors is good for us.

And the Parenting Rule Book mandates we…

Five days. That was all I asked of myself.

Five days.

A piece by Christina Caron of The New York Times had caught my eye…

I was looking for an opening, a way to wedge in my story. Each month, my friends and I hold a Zoom chat. And each…

By Wendi Rank

To say October through December is my favorite time of year understates my sentiment. I would spend the year – all three hundred…

By Wendi Rank

Every puzzle has been assembled.

Every banana has been baked into bread.

Every episode of The Mandalorian has been watched.

Every book…

By Wendi Rank

When the rideshare arrived, the driver told my mom he was there to take her to Maryland.

The problem? My mom hadn…

By Wendi Rank

Halloween is the best holiday of the year. 

One might argue the best holiday is Christmas, or Thanksgiving, or – gah – Mother’s…

By Wendi Rank

Some people load dishwashers haphazardly. You know the kind. These riffraff give no thought to the economy of space or direction of…

By Wendi Rank

I don’t want to brag, but I’m somewhat of an ace at internet shopping.

Don’t shy away from giving…