1. Colleen to Joe at the start of our beach vacation: Is it all gravy or groovy from here? 2. Ola or Aloha? 3. I brought a book to read on the beach but was too busy reading the sky, watching birds and people. 4. I got a sunburn my first day HERE. 5. Said […]
1. Sonder – The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. 2. The above definition comes from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, the brainchild of writer John Koenig, meant to give words for the feelings we may not have even known we were having. 3. I […]
1. I sometimes shop at the Goodwill Thrift Shop in Hunting Hills, Roanoke. I just got my charge card statement for some clothes that I bought there, and it read: Goodwill Hunting. 2. Sufjan Stevens is the Enya of today. 3. HERE is his song Mystery of Love, nominated for an Academy Award. 4. The […]
1. “Today I am getting my oil change. I called Jiffy lube to make sure it was open on a Holiday/ President’s Day. The gentleman who answered – said to me, “Yes we are open on all FAKE Holidays!” – my sister Sherry on President’s day in Massachusetts 2. I’ve got a little girl crush […]
1. I read books with a pen in hand to mark the parts I want to save, and I read online with my mouse in hand to cut and paste as I go. 2. I can write in cursive, type without looking and once knew shorthand, but when it comes to emojis, I’m illiterate. 3. […]
1. When Your Grandkids turn your house into a Farmers Market. 2. And not only do you let them, but you set up a play lemonade stand. 3. I just realized while googling the PBS News Hour that David Brook’s and Mark Shields’s last names spell Brooke Shields. 4. Living daily with the chaos and […]
1. Joe and I recently watched the movie The Circle, a thriller about a Facebook-type tech giant’s reach into personal privacy. The next day, I discovered that I’d lost some research after I shut the computer down. I dug around for an hour trying unsuccessfully to find it on my computer. Finally, I went online […]
1. Now THIS is a holy mackerel! Sunfish actually. 2. Sometimes it’s like writing in school detention / THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDEMENT / THE GREAT WAY HAS NO IMPEDMENT / 100 times over on the blackboard of my mind… Other times it’s the ultimate education / ONCE YOU PLANT DEEPLY THE LONGING FOR […]
Aka: Ice is the new crack 1. Said to Joe on an icy cold night of movie watching while trying to keep the house warm: Watching a movie is like eating cheese, best done at room temperature. 2. Stars are like pinholes in the world’s fabric that make me want to know the light on […]
1. My 7-year old grandson Liam (who drew the above picture) thinks my last name should be Redma’am instead of Redman, since I’m not a man. 2. The Sun is the real Golden Globe. 3. “We no longer live in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. We no longer live in the […]
1. We might be the new poster children for Dogtown Roadhouse’s dance bands. 2. I posted the above photo on Facebook on New Year’s Eve with the caption “Coming Soon to a New Year Near You.” 3. Honestly, the below video clip is of one of my favorite Spoon Fight /Music Road dance standards, so […]
1. Naughty or nice? 2. We were greeted on Christmas Eve by our grand elves with nerf guns that were traded for lightsabers. Luckily, the force was with us and Santa and Christmas prevailed. – More from When Santa Was Taken as a Human Hostage HERE. 3. Our grandsons and Joe and I figured out […]
