Liza Blue Humorist

Twenty Three Pairs of Me 30.06.2021 5:02 ↓

My chromosomes and what they mean to me.

Podcast: The Nature of the Mundane Part 1 30.06.2021 5:08 ↓

Mosquitos as a source of curiosity and entertainment on a long drive Share: Follow Liza Blue on:

My Warbler 04.03.2021 3:58 ↓

When captured, my blue-winged warbler loses its wildness. Share: Follow Liza Blue on:

What We’re No Good At 24.11.2020 7:49 ↓

How can we enjoy something that we are no good at?

Hair Today 28.10.2020 5:35 ↓

Could the hair in my food be intentional?

My Life in Stockings 07.10.2020 6:04 ↓

From stockings to pantyhose to knee highs, a fashion review.

Hard Boiling It 22.09.2020 7:52 ↓

Ten years ago I wrote a crime fiction novel featuring my detective Liza Blue.  How does her wit and wisdom compare to the icons in the genre – Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Kinsey Millhone?

Pandemic Ponderings Heinous Division 13.08.2020 9:01 ↓

“In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.”

Pandemic Ponderings: Sports Edition 05.07.2020 6:44 ↓

In this season of pandemic-induced change, I offer some suggestion on how to revamp our major sports.

Lists: Words to Live By 13.05.2020 7:56 ↓

Short, pithy and to the point, these have been my guiding lights.

Pandemic Ponderings 01.04.2020 5:50 ↓

Pandemic humor.  What makes it funny?

Open Letter to Publishers of the New Yorker 21.01.2020 4:54 ↓

Can I handle a weekly subscription to the New Yorker?  Maybe they could just send me every other one.

My Crepiness 06.12.2019 5:25 ↓

How to find joy in your crepey skin.

The Flies Have It 06.11.2019 7:27 ↓

Here is my sure-fire suggestion to set a scene or provoke a mood.  Add a fly.  And give him human characteristics.

Open Letter to Peg Bracken 05.11.2019 6:28 ↓

The I Hate to Cookbook, published by Peg Bracken in 1960, saved my mother’s life.

The Elegance of the Hexagon 29.07.2019 9:43 ↓

Take a tour of the ubiquitous hexagon, from the humble honeycomb to the 16,000 mile wide hexagon on the surface of Saturn!

My Life in Guinea Pigs 24.05.2019 7:28 ↓

My uneasy relationship with guinea pigs in four chapters.

My Life in Typewriters 15.04.2019 10:27 ↓

Who would have throught that my experience with typewriters would touch on gender politics, boyfriends and the tyranny of the typo!

Dear Lady in the Front Row Who Gasped 07.02.2019 4:06 ↓

Strangers can validate you as a writer.

In Praise of Kitchen Gadgets 17.11.2018 9:42 ↓

If you want a jolt of American ingenuity, go to Bed and Bath and Beyond and take in the splendor of all the kitchen gadgets.

The Banana Incident 06.11.2018 7:35 ↓

I felt the tightening grasp of the humble banana.  It had the potential to scuttle a promising friendship.

The Slippery Slope to Sloth 05.11.2018 8:39 ↓

A Lazy Boy is epitome of sloth, and now one commands my living room.  How can I get rid of it?

First Evers, Chapter 2 11.07.2018 8:01 ↓

Second installment of vignettes of first childhood experiences of basic human emotions and attributes.

Key Take-Aways from 5 Hours of Religious Radio 25.06.2018 8:52 ↓

With a long drive ahead of me ahead of me and nothing else to do, I decided to give religious radio a chance.

My Human Pearl 12.06.2018 10:44 ↓

My quest to harvest and repurpose my beautiful gallstone.