Happy Holiday, Gone Wassailing…
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday, Feliz Navidad and all that good stuff. Picture me here, in my living room, basking in the glow of the tree and sipping a little souped up nog. Hold that picture for a few days. It’s a good one. One I wish were close to the truth of what’s really going […]
I am restored
It’s about time I shared something joyful. ‘Tis the season, after all. So I will tell you about a certain Christmas gift that is so dear and thoughtful and all together excellent that it makes me want to weep. (I especially feel like crying because it’s NOT a gift for me. I can own […]
Someone else’s tragedy
An ambulance, an emergency response vehicle and a state police car in the driveway- sure signs that there’s trouble at the neighbor’s. A gurney is lifted. The EMTs give it a heave-ho and it is gone from sight. I can’t be certain who belonged to the body on the stretcher. Was it a man, a […]
Expectation
If you are like me, then a little a bit of you will be disappointed this Christmas. It’s not like being six years old again and believing, really believing, that Santa will bring you a pony despite the fact that there is no pasture or stable or knowledge of ponies within a twenty mile radius […]
The Eight Wonders of Me
Way back when, Mizmell tagged me for a meme. I was supposed to share 8 weird things about myself. It was November. Ever since then I’ve been mulling over the possibility that I am not unique in any way, shape or form. This one has had me stumped, uncharacteristically speechless. It’s time I took a […]
Gift Swap Gone Wrong
The invitation came by e-mail. An E-vite. A Naughty or Nice gift swap. Ladies only. The promise of Pomegranate Martinis and stuffed mushrooms and elegant cocktail napkins. Until that E-vite arrived, I didn’t know how much I’d been missing the annual Scotch Swap we used to attend in Miami, all the raunchy, cheap-o […]
Thanks and Giving
This may come off as supremely unthankful. And I’m aware that having too many people intent on buying us useful gifts is a good problem to have, but I’m tired of putting on Christmas. About the 1st of December each year, the phone begins to ring, the e-mails begin to pour in. The extended family […]
Habeas Corpus, installment 6
Strep throat in the house, no school today. And thus, no writing.
Thank God I’ve got a novel to entertain you with.
Here’s more….
It was the first of many afternoons, his waiting for me to finish the lunch shift, our walking out together, far into the woods while he talked about the great novel he had come […]
Moon Walk and other thoughts for Friday
Because it is Friday I feel free to share the dancing midget. The clip coincides nicely with O’s recent question. A few days ago he asked, “What’s the moonwalk, Mommy?” I began to talk about Neil Armstrong and early NASA.
“You mean they went all the way to the moon just to dance,” he asked, incredulous […]
Suggested improvements for the TSA
I have just spent two full days in a variety of airports. Logan, Fort Lauderdale, BWI, Atlanta. All the waiting and the shuttling to and fro, dragging my over stuffed carry-on to the Ladies Room. I’d get all in there, me and my luggage and my purse and my flowing sweater shawl, and realize […]
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