Ellen Snortland

“I couldn’t tell if your play is a comedy or a tragedy,” said the clueless woman in my online playwriting class. “It’s both, just like life,” I said, while not

Everyone uses Post-it notes. We write things on them like “Muck out garage,” “Take package to USPS,” and “Enroll Lena in remedial puppy training.” Post-it notes were invented in 1973, and most people can't remember a time when we didn't have them. The 3M Company generates at least $1 billion annually from Post-it notes alone!

Everyone uses Post-it notes. We write things on them like “Muck out garage,” “Take package to USPS,” and “Enroll Lena in remedial puppy training.” Post-it notes were invented in 1973,

My birthday this year was filled with my favorite activities, one of which was visiting the Getty Center in Brentwood. However, our close-to-perfect visit was marred by an encounter with a “woke” indecent docent at the Getty.

“How about a movie at the El Capitan?” Ken yells from his office. “We get free popcorn.”

“How about a movie at the El Capitan?” Ken yells from his office. “We get free popcorn.”

My parents were New Deal Democrats, often called “Yellow Dog Democrats.” That was shorthand for, “I’d rather vote for a yellow dog than a Republican.” I had weekly phone calls

I’m writing this column the week before we’ll have at least a sense of the election’s outcome. Be still my heart, stomach and intestines! This week, I decided to regale

“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Rinse and repeat. I

I love my sunny office, a refuge from heartache and a place where I bare my soul through writing. Dogs lying at my feet, I burn my WoodWick candle, which