My baby blog is 3 months old. Today is my 100th post. In honor of that, a little review is in order. ~ Most commented on post: “Is it Summer Yet?” with 17 comments. It was inspired by Fragments from Floyd, when Fred asked his readers, “When do you know it’s summer?” ~ Most commented […]
I recently posted a photo of my childhood home in Hull, Massachusetts, which was taken by eminent domain and burned to the ground to make way for a town sewage plant. Several people who loved that house as much as I did left comments. I also got this comment from a blogger friend, “I didn’t […]
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. -Jerry Seinfeld I’ve never been considered a book worm. Although I’ve read my share of books, I seem to collect them even more than I read them. The first book I remember being stirred by was a family […]
The first time I saw the word “meme” on a blog, I decided it meant “theme about me” (hence the “me” “me”) and was pronounced “meem” to rhyme with theme. Eventually, I looked it up. It’s not in my 1978 dictionary, but the Wikepedia says that “meme,” which comes from the Greek word for memory, […]
When I first got interested in blogs, I noticed that many bloggers had “100 Things About Me” on their sites. I look for the 100 Things when I’m exploring a new blog because it’s a condensed and entertaining way to get to know someone. In that spirit, I’m offereing my 100 Things, which I’ll do […]
Okay Gretchen, I wrote it on my calendar…1:00 Friday, Cafe del Sol. Looking forward to it. ~ e-mail message from Colleen to Gretchen St. Lawrence on 6/6/05 I arrived at the Café del Sol on Friday at 11:00, excited to meet Gretchen and David St. Lawrence from over at ripples.typepad.com. David is a blogger and […]
Okay. Do I have your attention? After two long posts in two days, I’m ready for some blog-lite. A photo will do just fine. Do you notice anything strange about this one? Remember the flash cards we played with as kids of faces, upper bodies, and lower bodies? The object of the fun was to […]
Technically, the first day of summer isn’t until June 21. But who really thinks of June as a spring month? My blogger friend, Fragments Fred, recently asked his readers, “When Do You Know It’s Summer?” Although, my childhood is the source of my most vivid summer memories, some are continuous and transcend time and age… […]
You might think me an English socialite, judging from the fact that I just attended two tea parties in one week. The first was held on my friend Katherine’s back porch and the topic of conversation was growing up Catholic. All of us in attendance were raised Catholic, and one woman had actually spent over […]
Her name is Jazzy, but it could be Aslan from “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe,” or maybe Red Riding Hood’s “Wolf.” She’s my son Dylan’s dog, but she may as well be ours, since Dylan now lives in an apartment in Roanoke that doesn’t allow big dogs and we have the 3 acres. […]
I was watching the 4th of July fireworks – I like to ooh and aah and give them names like “Pistachio Afro” or “Orange Zinnia in a Blender” – when my eldest son said, “Mum, you’re just like Gidget.” I took it as compliment because when I was a girl, I wanted to be either […]
