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Which is it? There’s a book out there titled” The Art of the Wasted Day” by Patricia Hample. She would have us believe that, put together, both of those things have value. That wasted time is, indeed, time well spent. Ms. Hample wants us to spend more time doing nothing. Actually, she really doesn’t want […]
“DID YOU HEAR ME? I SAID PUT DOWN THOSE PHONES!!!! AND I MEAN RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND. YOUR COUSINS ARE HERE FROM VIRGINIA AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH THEM. FACE TO FACE.” How many times have those words been said at family gatherings? And never more often or more forcefully than at Thanksgiving […]
No gnats or mosquitoes. Blue skies. Temps’ in the 70’s. To add to this lovely day, there’s a kid’s regatta out on the sound. Lots of little ones with their teeny-tiny sail boats. The competition will be fierce. And, there’s more! Bags of food sit at the end of nearly every driveway. No, it’s not […]
That’s always how I’d feel when we’d go to King’s Island, Ohio’s answer to Coney Island. I went on those outings, not enthusiastically but agreeably. After all, theme parks are fun. Aren’t they? How you answer that question depends on your tolerance for noise, crowds, and big scary rides. I, personally, have none. For any […]
We’re on the cusp of a momentous election. On Tuesday night, it will all be over but the shouting. And the the counting. And, no doubt, the recounting. We voted of course. Just as we always have. But, by absentee ballot this year. So, I hope we voted. Hard to know for sure. It’s the first time we’ve not stood in some […]
Nobody wants to be in “the pits” if they don’t have to. You don’t go there on purpose. Unless you are a group of smart women, with a broad base of experience, thought and perspective. Then being in “the pits” becomes something else entirely. Not too long ago, a group of women decided to gather. To talk about […]
Once upon a time, I was targeted. As in “target-market” targeted. Stores carried clothes, shoes, cosmetics that were “targeted” to the likes of me. I was of an age when retailers, advertisers and marketers wanted my business. Happily, I could afford a little more than the bare necessities. Ergo, I was an economically attractive “target-market.” […]
Dear Mr. Goethe: You may not know this but I have quoted you, many times, through the years. It’s just one teeny-tiny little quote but it’s served me well. Not being a logician, computer guru, scientist, or anything like that, I learn by osmosis. By absorbing. By feeling. And so it is that your famous little quote “If you […]
Ah yes, I remember them well. Once upon a time, we lived in a community that allowed them. Even encouraged them. The signs were rampant. Everybody’s political biases and preferences screamed from their yards. If it needed a vote, it had a sign. Red and Blue co-existed, not just in neighborhoods, but in single yards. […]
How often can you go to a friend’s house, settle in, then abruptly get up from your seat, walk to another room, sit down, relax and be gone as long as you want? How awkward is that, for the most part? Won’t people wonder where you’ve gone? What you’re doing? Why you left the party/bridge game/ book club? Are […]
I sit. In my bathtub. Cocooned in bubbles. It has the best view in the house. And as long as there’s hot water, I’m happy. Puckered skin and all. Bird life is plentiful from my window. Up on the third floor, I’m in the treetops with them. I can also see further out where […]
It was a Christmas morning, somewhere around 1976 or so. We had opened our presents. The children were fighting about who got what and how much. The Mister and I might have been drinking Bloody Mary’s. Probably were. There was a fire in the fireplace because that’s what you do on Christmas morning. One of us suggested that we put the […]
How silly. Of course, I can tell a lie. I just did. I have told lies in the past and I will live to tell more. Even though I always remember my mother’s dire admonishments about lying. To anyone and especially to her! Most, if not all, of my lies are slight exaggerations or are of “the dog ate my […]
It’s been a long process. And not an easy one. There have been mistakes. I/we have been lured, compelled, beguiled, and ultimately sucked in to buying the wrong car(s) for me. In essence, I’ve been looking in all the wrong places. And for all the wrong reasons. The big schtick these days is the wonder of the car’s electronics. Its […]
But I would not choose a Greek muse. That famous group of winsome ladies is a bit esoteric for me. I’m looking for a muse of a different sort. A muse not so much for inspiration but for affirmation. I’d like my muse to sit on my shoulder and tell me that I’m still doing the best I […]