Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
The ordinary, watched until it turns funny or true.
This morning I checked my email and the recurring theme from my favorite department stores was Prom! Prom! Prom! I was reminded of trips to the mall and poring over websites with Katie; we spent hours eliminating dresses that were…
My top five classes in high school were (in alphabetical order) Advanced Math, Algebra, American Literature, Psychology, and Woodworking. There was some speculation that Woodworking made the top five because it was a class full of cute boys and while…
I’m beginning to think I should hang a sign from my rear view mirror similar to the safety record signs in factories, only mine would say “Number of Days Without Getting Lost is ___.” It had been ten days since…
Back in the dark ages, before I had a GPS, prior to any outing, my kids demonstrated what considerate people they are by looking the address up on MapQuest. Not only did they look up the directions, they printed out…
Before I moved to the east coast I thought that people taking the train into “the city” to have dinner with friends was something that only happened in the movies. Little did I know that there would come a day…
One of my favorite childhood memories is the Fourth of July parade in Berthold, North Dakota, my dad’s home town. I remember the thrill of waiting for the parade to begin and the anticipation of scooping up Tootsie Rolls and…
Mother Nature has made life interesting this year; between earthquakes, hurricanes, and freak October snow storms, I’m not sure what, if anything is left. In August we learned that it’s possible to feel an earthquake in Pennsylvania, how to batten…
I am one of ‘those people’ who can strike up a conversation with anyone and usually does. Today however, I was standing in line at Best Buy for the third trip related to my out of commission laptop and I…
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…
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…