Takoma Park expatriate Abby Bardi explores the sins of modern life.

Born and raised in Chicago, Abby has worked as a singing waitress in Washington, D.C., an English teacher in Japan and England, a performer on England's country and western circuit, and, most recently, as a professor at Prince George's Community College.

Author of the Book of Fred, (Washington Square Press: Simon & Schuster 2001), she is married with two children and lives in Ellicott City, Maryland.

2004

"Elections" December

"Smile" November

"Fear" October

"The Fair" September

"Obedience" August

"Pillows" July

"Death" June

"Paris" May

"Weddings" April

"Cleaning" March

"Teeth" February

"Spam" January

2003

"Crabs" December

"Literature" November

"Silence" October

"Security" September

"Gossip" August

"Gardening" July

"Politics Yet Again" June

"Reality" May 2003

"Fragments" April

"The Media: Liberal Bias" March

"Shortness" February

"Beans" January