‘Twas The Morning of Christmas
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
It’s dark, it’s cold and it’s morning---—Christmas morning. Someone is tugging on the comforter covering my shivering body. A voice whispers in my ear, “C’mon get up, it’s Christmas morning.” (I knew that already) I croak out an answer, “What time...
THE GIFT THAT 'SOMEONE' KEEPS GIVING
posted over 3 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 2 comments
A few weeks ago my husband and I were visiting friends. My friend and I began talking about our upcoming birthdays, which led to a discussion with ‘the men’ about the creative gifts they’d bought us over the years. It seems one of the gifts my fri...
THANKSGIVING CIRCA 1998
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Thanksgiving is a time when many families gather for a day of thankfulness, feasting and football. When I was a child watching football was as constant as turkey and pumpkin pie. So, it's not surprising that this tradition has become an essential ...
Comestic Surgery--Should I or Shouldn't I?
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
I’m finding that getting older really sucks. Since I turned 50 a decade ago, simple things like getting out of bed have become a struggle. Somewhere in the middle of the night my extremities freeze up, making it virtually impossible to move in the...
observations made two weeks before election
posted over 3 years ago, updated 18 days later | 1 comment
THE ELECTION’S OVER, OR IS IT—PART II
It’s November 5th and the elections are over—at least I assume they are. Having written this a few weeks ago, I have to rely on faith that both parties haven’t pulled any shenanigans and we were spared hangin...
It’s November 5th and the elections are over—at least I assume they are. Having written this a few weeks ago, I have to rely on faith that both parties haven’t pulled any shenanigans and we were spared hangin...
