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Dorothy Rosby is an author, speaker and syndicated humor columnist whose work appears in publications throughout the West and Midwest. You can see the list on the editor’s page.
If your local newspaper doesn’t run her column and you think (as we do) that it should, pass her name on to them. She’d love to hear from you if you enjoy her blog—not so much if you don’t. Kidding! (Sort of.)
Dorothy also regularly records essays on South Dakota Public Radio. Hear her latest below.
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Christmas comes but once a year; chaos never ends! Happy Halloween, merry Christmas and joyful Lumpy Rug Day. We didn’t make that up. Lumpy Rug Day is celebrated every May 3, though “celebrated” might be too strong a word.
It’s the American way to create a celebration for everything, then turn it into a chore or worse, a nightmare. ’Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays, special occasions and other times our celebrations make us feel not-so-celebratory. It’s understanding for those who think Christmas form letters can be honest—or they can be interesting. And it’s empathy for anyone who’s ever gotten poison ivy during Nude Recreation Week or eaten all their Halloween candy and had to hand out instant oatmeal packets to their trick-or-treaters.
A lot of us work from home these days, so I think it’s about time to discuss why we’re not getting anything done.