Mothers and Daughters and Guilt
My sisters, brother and I held a surprise 80th birthday party for my mom. Usually, I never think it’s a good idea to jump out and shock an 80-year-old, but Fran is not a typical […]
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My sisters, brother and I held a surprise 80th birthday party for my mom. Usually, I never think it’s a good idea to jump out and shock an 80-year-old, but Fran is not a typical […]
Cat: 1. walking ego with an attitude problem; 2. alien that took over Earth millennia ago (from “Definitions You Won’t Find in any Webster’s New World Dictionary,” http://www.opusforfour.com/definitions.html ) Before I go any further, I […]
Not all royal princes had a tough time at the famous public school, Martindales. Prince Nigel, the Queen’s cousin twice removed (twice removed, that is, from Buckingham Palace; he now lives in Battersea), a little-known […]
It is really fantastic how famous people put words to music to celebrate the arrival of a new member of their family. Here is an unpublished version of a song that hit the headlines recently after […]
I am a co-leader for my daughter’s Brownie troop. This past weekend we went on our first camping trip, in cabins mind you, and it was a lot fun. We joined three other troops, one […]
In the news today it was reported that Tiger Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren had her $12.3 million Palm Beach oceanfront mansion demolished. Items from the home were donated to Habitat for Humanity to be auctioned off. […]
I adopted my cat from the New York City ASPCA in March of last year. The ASPCA was careful to give me all the information they could about my cat’s background and to make sure […]
I’ve got a bad cold and I’m coughing so much, please someone get me that stuffy, sneezy, achy, makes you so high Justin Bieber’s music sounds good, pass out wherever you take it cold medicine, […]
I was nuking a microwave-ready sweet potato in, of course, the microwave. Microwave-ready means that it’s wrapped in plastic and bears a label that says microwave ready. I don’t think it’s any different than regular […]
I woke up at 3 AM for some unknown reason. Well, that is not true. I know why I woke up. My 90-pound dog wanted part of the bed – the part I was on. […]