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 […]
Not until December
Shouldn’t there be a law, some sort of ordinance against the display of Christmas decorations before the flowers in the Thanksgiving centerpiece have shriveled and died?
Driving around town, one would think that Old Saint Nick was beating an immediate path to our doors, like tonight, this afternoon, visiting only those previous and industrious enough to […]
My ‘Crazy’
We have had house guests. Oh, okay, I have had house guests and the other people that live here have merely enjoyed the additional meals and exceptional fussing that comes with my having company. For everyone else it was just another long weekend save for the five course meal on Thursday and the addition […]
November
It is so November around here. The mice have begun to find startlingly brilliant ways in to the cupboard, where they tear into bags of dried split peas and coconut and leave mouse size droppings in the dried fruit. No matter how harshly I chastise the cats, they only lift their dowsing heads and then […]
Thinking of You, Fudge Ripple
I am in the third day of a self-imposed hunger strike. No, not a writer’s strike. Sadly, I have no wages to contest. Nevertheless, I have made a vow, damn it, and it involves chocolate and ice cream and gummy worms. Yes, I ate way too much candy on Halloween and though I didn’t […]
Halloween Safe Harbor
I want to delight you with pictures of my children dressed up as Lady Liberty and a Monster of Loose Definition because they were every bit as adorable as your kids were, and, more importantly, I went through about an hour of sheer hell getting them prepared for their tour of the neighborhood and […]
Fish nets and cleavage for the third grade
Today it’s dawned sunny and crisp. A perfect Halloween. I can remember years when I had to wear gloves and mittens and a winter parka over my costume while trick-or-treating. Let’s just say that the outer layers really ruined the overall dramatic effect of my mouse-with-mushroom-on-head costume. I’m glad my kids will only have to […]
Masquerade
Yesterday, when wandering the cramped aisles of our local costume store, I decided that I must be a big fat loser. We arrived at Joker’s Wild to gather a few last minute items. We needed a furry pelt or some other suitable body wear for the monster O is planning to be and some green […]
Manny-o-matic and the E-bay auction
Okay, one more day of Manny because I didn’t get to comment on the E-bay thing and, also, Charles Pierce of Slate published a great piece yesterday on Manny that I just have to share. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, this little tidbit should suffice:
“It came at the end of […]
We is sooo ready for Haw-o-lean
It seems like just yesterday when I was a person who collected books on mid-century modern furniture and went thrifting for vintage Chanel and listened to local bands in small venues where the crowd rippled and pulsed and ultimately sweat all over one another.
But today, today I am woman that owns seasonal decorations. I […]
