In preparation for my trip to the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, I scheduled a number of appointments so I could put my best face/hair/nails forward. Of course this workshop is all about being with a community of other funny women (and a few guys) and not at all about what you look like, what you’re wearing, or whether or not…
It’s been a week since I returned from the 2014 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. Most of the attendees have already posted on their blogs about their experiences there, but I have not. I am late. Very, very late. It’s not because I didn’t have an unbelieveable time. I did. Or that I didn’t connect with old friends and meet loads…
My mother was always a big Erma Bombeck fan. She had all of Erma’s books and would make sure to tune in anytime Erma appeared on TV. I remember watching Erma one time with my mother and, after the segment, I turned to my mother and said, “She seems like a really nice lady.” My mother agreed. The niceness that…
Having just returned from a ten-day family vacation in Israel, I thought the best follow-up travel location would be Dayton, Ohio. Although this might not make sense to you, it makes perfect sense to me because Dayton is the location of the Erma Bombeck Humor Writers Conference. This is my fourth time at the conference and my second time attending…