Suprise Me

As with cooking, I did not learn to do laundry from my mother. She had household help for much of her life. I learned to iron (a task she NEVER learned) in the costume shop at camp in 1967. That was useful. We had a service that washed the sheets, but we had to make… Read More

I have always had a fascination with obscure words and terms. Read More

It is fair to ask “why do I write”? I ponder that myself. I thought about this question for some time before beginning to write this particular prompt. I never wrote much before being approached by my childhood friends to be a beta tester for their new baby boomer website MyRetrospect. I wrote when an… Read More

Most frustrating is when someone asks, "What did they say?" and I can't hear the next few minutes of dialog. Read More

Most of that evening is forgotten except for the music. Read More

[T]he Fosters' marriage was the second for each. Seems that there had been an "exchange" at some point earlier such that two couples had simply, shall we say, reorganized. Read More

As we mark Middle Child Day, I think we are missing folks who embody the stereotypical qualities of middle children. Read More

I’ve never liked to grocery shop. Though, I became a good cook and baker. Go figure. But to go grocery shopping variously? Count me in. Throw in some competition?  There’s no way I passing this opportunity up!  Maybe you remember, or can guess, what I’m talking about.  YES, it’s the show “The Super Market Sweep’. … Read More

This painting, called High Jinx, would have been a dramatic centerpiece for our living room, which has light blue walls. Read More

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackelton and his crew sailed The Endurance to the Antarctic. It was crushed in the ice pack and sank in the Weddell Sea but all of her crew survived. Frank Hurley, the photographer onboard, captured incredible photographs of the entire experience. My husband is fascinated by this story and has read… Read More