I made that up. But I do want to know who concocts these faux holidays and gets them onto the omniscient National Day Calendar. For example, today is National Restless Leg Syndrome Awareness Day. I’m looking forward to the festivities. Last week Laura sent me an email while doing important, life saving work at a major hospital: Arrrggghhh! […]
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FAO Schwartz – a Rockets Barbie – A three wine lunch – I must be in NYC… There has been a lot of negative press about Barbie’s proportions. If she were real, she’d apparently have to crawl on all fours like some exotic borzoi because her frame is too narrow, her feet too small and her […]
I went to the movies with Dee last night. Afterwards, we were sitting in the parking lot of Walgreens trying to get a bead on the wait time at Taco Lu. Every once in a while I long for the Yellow Pages (in the same way I occasionally pine for those stick hard candies with the […]
[Sings] Winds from the east… Mist comin’ in… Like something’s a brewin’, about to begin… Can’t put me finger on what lies in store… But I feel what’s to ‘appen, all ‘appened before…! Perhaps it was being in Michigan, or just the onset of autumn, but I’m feeling nostalgic and anticipatory this morning. Like the words […]
Synonyms: homecoming; reconciliation; assembly; get-together; making up; reuniting.Yes I’m here in Flint doing all the above. With my mother. With my sister-in-law. With my long ago classmates… For the heck of it, I tried to find a word for negative reunions . It’s the way my mind works- I’ve been looking for a word for […]
Dee said, “I want to live a small life.” Coming from someone who’s been around the world living large, it was a surprising statement. I think she meant she was ready for simplicity: no traffic, no unnecessary bills, no drama. I remember saying in response, “Not me. I’m not ready for that.” But walking around the […]
I think I should talk about the fact there was a wounded black bear on the grounds of my condo yesterday. Shall I remind you I live on the ocean in Jacksonville Beach? He hunkered down in the bushes near the walkway to the beach, until the animal control people drugged him and took him […]
Now I shall have to kill you. You know too much… but after a week of changing things up “round here” and communicating with technical types, I don’t even remember what password goes to what account. They’re scribbled on scrap paper and linked with arrows like some madwoman’s algebraic formula… I’m on my way to […]
I decided to sell a few things on EBay. For someone with my particular learning differences, ineptitude and intolerance for detail, this is a really bad idea.* The EBay buying/selling template is BUSY, and there is a confusing array of options. Small, colorful icons of items for sale (I don’t want) […]