A Spoonful of Sugar
For some reason when I read the introduction to week three, Discovering a Sense of Perspective, I flashed back to the second movie I remember seeing as a child, it was a ‘date’ with my uncle and we saw Mary Poppins. The…
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
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…
Star Light, Star Bright…I Wish I May, I Wish I Might…
I love the classic Disney films because most often they are about wishes and dreams being fulfilled. From Cinderella to Simba, the characters overcome obstacles, find the courage to follow their dreams, discover beauty within themselves, and learn that wishes…
Brought to You by the Letter W
Waiting, Wambling, Wisdom teeth, and Woozy were the words of the day. Today was the big day. I had made an appointment at 10:30 a.m. with the oral surgeon for to have my sixteen year old son’s wisdom teeth removed. …
Without “Rests,” Music Would just be Noise
Until recently I have always thought about music from the perspective of the notes, the magnificence of a complex score, the blending of voices and instruments in perfect harmony, and the rhythms that move me. I’ve never thought about the…
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…