1. Seen on Facebook: Dear Algebra, stop asking us to find your X. She’s not coming back 2. Wayne Dyer on death: “I’m 71 and cramming for my finals.” 3. I saw my first crocus in the yard about a week ago when it was warm. Right now I have one brave daffodil in bloom […]
1. “You’re only two years older than me darling, where have you been all my life?” – Supporting actor winner, 82-year-old Christopher Plummer addressing his Oscar statuette at the 84th annual awards. 2. Best description of Angelina Jolie’s leg at the Oscars: She planted her hands on her hips and forcefully jutted her right leg […]
1. Have you ever fallen asleep at the computer and been saved by the “do you want to save changes” bell? 2. My 3 1/2 year old grandson, Bryce, says, “Spiderman texts people.” Translation: “Spiderman protects people.” 3. Bryce and I wrote THIS song together. 4. Jackson Browne is coming to Floydfest! 5. “If we […]
1. For five years or so I’ve been carrying around a Starbucks gift certificate, given to me by Cedar Key author Terri Dulong for participating as a judge in a writing contest she held. It finally came in handy and was a lifesaver during our motel stay on the coast of San Diego after I […]
1. The first “Only in California” moment I had here in San Diego was while having afternoon tea on my hotel suite deck and noticing a group of about 25 paddle surfers doing yoga on their surfboards in Mission Bay. 2. Later, I regretted not taking a picture of the guy I saw sitting at […]
1. It’s pretty bad when making a call to your credit card company to correct a statement discrepancy is considered “resting” on a busy day because you get to sit down to do it. 2. You’d be surprised how many times you can fit “phase two in which Doris gets her oats” into a conversation. […]
1. A California mayor says piped in recorded birdsong has lowered crime in his city. 2. A crow goes sledding HERE. You have to see it to believe it. 3. Seen on Facebook next to a picture of Gingrich: Family Values – Using daughters from your first wife to convince everyone that your second wife […]
1. Last time I cried: Monday night while listening to Smokey Robinson sing (Abraham Martin John and Bobby) about the assassination of so many of our treasured leaders at the White House Celebration of the Civil Rights movement, aired on PBS for Martin Luther King Day. 2. On the same night I laughed uncontrollably watching […]
1. THIS is what happens when you give thousands of kids thousands of stickers. 2. Interesting that as the globe is literally heating up and the people on it are heating up too, protesting injustices here and worldwide. 3. If tingle is a quieter version of jingle, is tangle less mangled than jangle? 4. I […]
1. Tingle and jingle not only rhyme, they mean close to the same thing, only a tingle is less loud than jingle. 2. Things that make me curse: when I fix a fresh cup of tea on my way out, put on the floorboard of my car, and it spills before I have a chance […]
1. I got a Christmas ecard from Nancy Pelosi and one from the French Spa designer at Primland Resort. 2. I forgot today was Thursday because I forgot yesterday was Wednesday and that Tuesday was Tuesday and so on. 3. I love the name Yellow Dubmarine for THIS Beatles reggae tribute band that I found […]
1. This year’s interactive Christmas card HERE. 2. THIS is my current favorite Christmas song. 3. Floyd’s Heartsong singers, founded by my friend Rosemary, sing hymns and other songs (mostly spiritually comforting) to homebound and hospice people. Listen HERE. 4. “An economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows […]
