“Excuse me, ma’am… are you married?” This as I was crouched in front of our car during my lunch break, in the DMV parking… ( Read More )
what we leave within….
“I wish I could talk to your Dad.” This as we watched the History Channel, eating a late dinner. Â The program topic was the Vietnam… ( Read More )
…brainiac
Like every little boy, every so often Nelson likes to go to Grandma’s house. Grandma’s house is over the river, two states, and an 8-hour… ( Read More )
my bucket list
I’ve never seen the movie “The Bucket List,” but I do understand the premise. Each of us has things we’d like to do or see… ( Read More )
this does not compute…
I recently spent the better part of an hour trying to fill out an on-line retailer survey. Normally I wouldn’t spend any part of one… ( Read More )
and now, no word from our sponsors…
Fall in Missouri… the nights are cooler, the days are shorter, the leaves are turning, and every other commercial is a political ad. Where’s a… ( Read More )
I believe in miracles…
Many years ago, a dear friend had complications with her first pregnancy. Today we would refer to the condition as pre-eclampsia, but back then it was… ( Read More )
everything I needed to learn in kindergarten wasn’t invented yet…
Several years ago, someone wrote a book entitled “Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” While we do learn important skills in those… ( Read More )
you don’t have to be smarter than the dog to join this family, but it helps…
My husband doesn’t remember not having a pet in the house. At the time I started hanging around with the family, the pet-in-residence was a… ( Read More )