Category Archives: Overheard

While Getting Dessert…

While walking into my local pâtisserie a small family was leaving the building. The older of the two kids, a boy about four years old, had an astute observation to share with the world. “It smells like PEE out here!” … Continue reading

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At a Chinese Restaurant…

After commenting on how useless my own life can be I overhear a woman in her late twenties or early thirties at another table say in their conversation: “Well, I’ve spent my entire life trying to please my mother!” A … Continue reading

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At a Bookstore…

While looking at a book on the subject of grieving over pets I hear a couple make the following exchange: Woman: This is just the thing we need if we were to kill Alice’s cats and then we could give … Continue reading

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While On A Date…

Silence… On a date at the age of 24, I have found myself in an adult version of The Quiet Game while somehow keeping it flirty and non-awkward.

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While Watching Fireworks…

A mother to her son who was fidgeting on the lawn while watching a fireworks display… “Turn around! Your eyes can see better when they aren’t upside-down!”

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