Suprise Me

Food   These days a food phenomenon might involve kale and chia seeds. In the mid 50’s our family loaded up the Plymouth and drove twenty-five miles to McDonalds. Hamburgers were 19 cents. We split an order of fries and I got my own bone-chilling chocolate shake. Eisenhower was President, America had the atomic bomb,… Read More

When I was a little girl, I always imagined that when I grew up I would have three children. That’s how many there were in my family, and it seemed like just the right number to me. However, I vowed, they would be close enough in age that they could all hang out and have fun… Read More

Here is where we find out if you can keep my Guilty Pleasures secret. Q-Tips; I stick the Q Tip into my ear canal, not too far. I always (always) keep my Q Tips away from children. Feline Videos; I have a thing for cat videos and when I like a particular video I attach… Read More

There's always the Google machine. Read More

After a couple of incidents this winter, I've concluded that I'd unconsciously adopted the successful survival strategies of the crow. Read More

I mostly remember taking my fountain pen and writing tiny, neat lines to cram the most onto the aerogram sheet. Read More

Rob says, okay John, you get to lead the way back, and I smile and giggle and I say are you sure, and he says sure. Read More

My father instilled an appreciation for art in me, filtered through his lens of what constituted good art. Read More

Although I am sure most people relate “Faith” with their religious beliefs, I was not raised within any religion other than for a few months in grade school when I attended a Lutheran church with a neighbor.  All I remember from that experience is playing a Shepherd in the Christmas pageant so, that’s how I learned… Read More

My Favorite Things I confess I’m not very sentimental.  (See With This Ring and Baby Shoes) But there are some things I own that are older than I am and that I treasure. One is certainly the brass dinner bell my grandmother rang to call the guests to meals at her small Catskill hotel.  (See My Heart Remembers… Read More