Deirdre Reilly

We're glad you dropped by - stay and browse for some “Average Joe” laughs or a bit of inspiration to lighten your day!

Some Reader Favorites Columns by Deirdre:

A Fifth Grade Chaperone's Tale

Spring Is Here - So Get to Work in the Yard

Influenced By Movies

American Idol And The Flu

Deirdre Reilly is a well-known humorist who writes about almost anything, personally embarrassing to her or not. Having studied under the masters, (code for: she is making it all up and has no formal training whatsoever in any discipline) Deirdre is convinced that humor is an essential part of the American discourse, and rates reading humorous columns right up there with the signing of U.N. treaties encouraging disarmament, working towards a greener planet for all future generations, and texting your vote in time to count on American Idol.

Deirdre has been on radio across the country as a repeat guest in major markets (and has filled in as a commercial-reader when needed), a television guest (she is known for starting many answers to a host's question with silence, followed by muttering "You didn't tell me you were going to ask that"), and has been a guest speaker in many different settings, from professional development seminars, to PTA groups, to random people at Dunkin' Donuts when she hasn't had a gig in awhile. She lives a great life just outside Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, three sons, two dogs, one cat, and a tortoise named Gary, who is the inspiration for many of her best works (according to Gary himself).

So, enjoy the site and all it has to offer, and join us here on these pages often!

Fresh Video: Check out Deirdre's son's band
"Sour D" in this clip live from the Middle East in Boston!

Sep. 21 Video Alert: Check out the blog link to see Deirdre's brand new video, "Guide to Voters." The less you know about politics, the more helpful it will be!

Sep. 8, 2010: Hello, visitors, I hope you had a wonderful summer. My faith in the weather in general was restored when we had the hottest and prettiest summer in memory here in New England - I hardly knew what to do at Cape Cod without a sweater and jeans and a nice warm fire in the firepit! Now fall - my favorite season - is here, and it's time to get back to work. I enjoyed making the above Youtube video; check for another soon on the economy. (I think I know how to fix it; it's really quite simple. ) I have been doing a lot of thinking about writing, which writers do a lot - although not the ones that are productive. I am getting back to work on my second book now, and am no longer promising anything about when it will be done.

Maybe I'm scared to be finished? Food for thought, as autumn rolls in. Thank you for visiting, and come back again! Archive of columns to be installed here soon..."

Deirdre's Music, Book and Film Favorites:

Recommended ipod Download:
Recommended ipod download: Susan Boyle's version of Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses." Knowing that lyrics were representative of a real person's thoughts after an attempted suicide makes it even more touching. Can't get me enough SB!

Recommended CD: Raul Midon, Synthesis. I love this artist; go ahead and purchase this one just on my say-so...I won't let you down.

Recommended Reading: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Come on, you can do it: read a classic this fall! This is one of my favorite stories about two sisters persuing love in their vastly different ways, while (or whilst, as they would say) treading the social perils of old England.

Recommended Rental: Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges. I even liked Maggie Gyllenhall in this - her hippie-chick ways work here. I love the non-pat ending; Hollywood is killing us lately with their plastic-wrap of every situation and feeling.

These Days

Quote for Fall:
Our waking hours form the text of our lives; our dreams are the commentary. ~Anonymous