Liza Blue Humorist

The Flies in My Life

From pest to pestilence, flies are a universal experience across continents and cultures.

The Perfect Walk

There is a difference between a hike and a walk.  On a hike your mind must stay focused.  On a walk, your mind can take off to other destinations.

At Peace with Ticks

My journey from phobia, equanimity and finally respect for my prairie neighbors.

Ah! Wonderlic!

A sixty year old woman joins football rookies and takes the Wonderlic test.

Occupation Housewife

Contemplating my mother struggles with the 1950s ideal of Occupation: Housewife

A Parent Death

Why didn’t I choose to stay at my mother’s bedside as she died? It’s still a mystery.

Symbolic Gestures

In college, I was convinced that symbolism would be my downfall. I would never get my diploma.

Of Death and Window Wells

What is it about the fall that prompts birds to fly into our window and then drop to their death in the window wells?

All Aboard

The romance of an overnight train ride from the eyes of a preteen.

The Delicate Art of Potty Humor

All human beings from the time of the first humanoid to the present have one thing in common – an occasional jolt of potty humor.