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We knew what to do and how to do it. We’re pros at getting our Covid vaccines. Two regular shots and one booster shot have taught us well and caused no problems along the way. So, as we went to our appointment for the second booster, we thought nothing of it. Been there, done that. […]
I think a coven might be just what I need right now. What could be better than a gathering of thirteen witches who share similar interests and activities? With that in mind, I’m seriously on the hunt for twelve, good and true, witches to join me. I’ve never looked poorly on witches. To the contrary, […]
No, not because I’d watched the horrors of war, or some bizarre political shenanigans, or anything Covid-related I had to take a sleeping pill because I couldn’t stop laughing. We had just watched the first two episodes of “Julia,” now playing on HBO Max. There’ve been other shows about Julia Child but this one, well, […]
Let me begin by telling you that I was, once upon a time, a devoted subscriber to your magazine, but when you got all crazy-focused on recipes, that was the end of our relationship. I actually wish I were still in a position to cancel my subscription right now so as to make a stronger statement […]
No, let me be clearer. It was absolutely none of my business but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have some thoughts about it. So here goes. There were six of us at lunch earlier this week. A friend had been visiting and we were gathered to tell her how much we’d enjoyed seeing her and […]
Such a simple, seemingly innocuous, question. But twice a year, that question becomes fraught with confusion and angst. That, of course, is due to the inanity (at least to me) of switching from back and forth from Daylight Savings to Eastern Standard. And maybe it’s just me again, but those events frequently appear to coincide […]
And I’ll cry if I want to. And, cry I do when I see images of Ukraine, its land and its people. I want to look away but something tells me to watch. To watch at least enough to be aware. To be connected, in some very small way, to their plight. No, I don’t […]
Such a simple word. We don’t give it much thought. We simply do it every day, many times a day. We plan dinner, we plan games, we plan trips. We make plans to see a movie, to visit friends, to go shopping. In the face of potential danger, we make plans to stay safe. We […]
Well, it wasn’t her given name but it’s what everyone called her. Even her children, of whom The Mister was one. Dux had strong feelings about many things. Ice cold gin martinis got gold stars. Her own special chocolate icing and hot dogs, prepared in a double boiler (dogs simmering in the bottom, buns […]
I’ve belonged to more than one. The first one I joined is now over 50 years old and still going strong. Alas, that one was in a former life. I’ve joined more than one down here in the South during the last 20 years. I’ve also resigned from more than one during the last 20 […]
We stopped slurping our coffee and started laughing as we read a headline in our little newspaper back in January. It said: “GROUP PUSHING FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY” Whoa, we said to ourselves. Have these people ever been to Beaufort County? They really want “mountain bike trails” here? Here, where, not for […]
That’s always the pre-game question. But it’s moot for me. No matter the event, the team, the individual, I always root for the underdog. It’s an automatic kind of thing. You name it, I’m all about the underdog. This attitude is born of my forever being the last to be chosen for anything athletic. The […]
Who were those icons of food? Who were the real people behind the products we’ve known for so long? The ones who’ve been on our grocery lists and in our pantries for so many years? Just exactly who were Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth? And why do we care at this point? Uncle […]
Quite another to be Covid-Different. For a while there, we were in the mainstream of Covid-behavior and decorum. Like most, we stayed home, we masked, we shopped at off-hours, we vaccinated and Amazonned the heck out of everything else. We were all in it together. Things got better and then they didn’t. Now there’s now. […]
That’s the question the thoughtful and dedicated therapists ask when I take The Foot to physical therapy. Sometimes The Foot can do what they want it to do. Other times, not so much. The newest trick these people want The Foot to do is pick up a pencil from the floor by curling its toes […]