Our Tax Dollars at Work
Traveling by plane used to be fun, well maybe not fun, but at least pleasant and certainly much easier than it is today. I think we all used to look forward to feeling a little special when the stewardess, now flight…
Category musings and random thoughts
The Password you Entered is Incorrect…
When I was younger I knew almost every phone number in my network of family and friends by heart, today I have a hard time remembering my own. A few of my coworkers and I recently pondered the reason that none…
Do Geese Smell Fear?
Fall is my favorite time to ride my bike or go for a run along the towpath. It may be because it’s the time of year I discovered the canal and realized that it was a ‘towpath’ with a history…
I may be Crazy, but…
Either my ghost or my imagination is playing tricks on me and I’m not sure which. Tonight I dropped my laptop off for an overnight stay with my friends at the Geek Squad. After I described the problem and miraculously…
Class Begins at 6:45
Jingle, jingle, ching, ching…. flip FLOP, flip FLOP… thwap…SIGH…PLOP. Fifteen minutes into Yoga class, the door opened and not only filled the room with unwelcome light, but the latecomer to the class chose to set up her space on the opposite…
The Art of Multitasking
Multitasking: The handling of more than one task at the same time: it’s a desirable attribute in computers and sometimes in people, but never while driving, and especially not in the morning when you’re half asleep. I confess that I…
There Once was a Woman….
There were many things I was prepared for when I became a single mom; the role of CSS (Chief Spider Slayer) was not among them. This year has been the worst for spiders. I may be crazy, but I think…
Six Boxes, Two Laundry Baskets, and a Piano
I have moved many times throughout my life, and consider myself to be somewhat of an expert in packing, unpacking, and settling in over a weekend plus an extra day to hang pictures. My last move was quite the opposite: it…
Just some Fireworks…
It took almost a year, but at long last, the porch has been transformed from ceiling to floor boxes and evenings of playing the guessing game of ‘what’s behind box number three,’ and is now a place to enjoy the…
Fifty and Fantastic!
Today is my birthday! I arrived at the cabin last night and was delighted by the brightly colored balloons tied to the mailbox and on the chair reserved for the ‘birthday girl.’ My niece bounced up and down and pointed at the…