I have been conned more than once, and each time I blamed myself. I kicked myself. I felt guilty. I found it very, very hard to talk about because it is embarrassing to have been conned. I know I’m not alone in this. Many of you have been conned, too. Whether you have been conned […]
I’ve become used to words having multiple meanings. Usually the context for the word helps to untangle the user’s intention, but I recently encountered an exception to this: the word “service” when applied to dogs. There is an oddity in US law and parlance which turns the idea of service on its head. Instead of the […]
As some of you know and may have read here, I was once conned out of a lot of money by Isaac, who lives in Kenya. That was many years ago, and I have made several changes of email address and phone number since then. I must have succeeded in preventing his correspondence with me […]
Snowbird of Paradise 