I have loved getting dressed up as long as I can remember. I had a stylish mother and four sisters. We spent a preposterous amount of time on fashion and greatly delighted in it. I was more outlandish in my tastes. My sister would say to me, “Honey, don’t wear orange. That’s for white people,” and …
This is a tribute to my friend Rochelle. You are precious to me. As though that wasn’t enough, thank you for sharing a birthday on one of my sibling’s birthday. It was a treat to eat this peanut butter goodness with you.
Fall is a hard season for me. I love warm weather so Fall means Summer is over. I plan for and eagerly anticipate it for more than 7 months. Once it arrives, I relish its every minute and strive to shake the deep foreboding that constantly reminds me it’s slipping away. Fortunately Fall is fabulously …
It happens every time. No sooner do I step out of my van when I get home, than I spy a naughty weed trying not to get noticed. Jingling the car keys in my hand, I promptly walk up to it and, with a stern look, pluck the unruly plant vermin by the roots. Just …
My favorite food is Thai food. (I should probably add – Americanized.) I can’t believe that in my forty plus years on earth I have not managed to have a Thai friend. I feel empty inside about that, almost like a moral failure of sorts. So I have adopted Thai food as my friend. When …
We’d lived in our house at the bottom of a steep hill for a couple of years. I called it the catch-all house. I frequently shook my head thinking that if a car lost control coming downhill it would end up in my garage. It seemed I constantly had any number of basketballs and other toys …
I have the distinct pleasure of caring for 99 year old Jean every day. She is a delightful companion, with no shortage of stories and laughs. Of course after many months of spending time with her, I have become familiar with quite a few of those stories. The only thing more fun than visiting with …
You have a gorgeous smile.. and you have spinach in your teeth. Do you have people in your life who would tell you that, or do your listeners furtively swipe their own teeth with their own tongues as if that does you any good? They say the fish is the last to see the water. …
For many this is a lifetime; for others even more. I am grateful whether this be my last year or I make 84. I’ve had your touch since conception, known your voice all my days, As you strategically rear me in your lavish grace. You shielded me through fetal alcohol, through turmoil, inattention. And through …