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 […]
There was a time when people would call me just to hear my latest answering machine message. The agency I worked for did not agree that my messages were entertaining. They wanted something more formal and informative. But I’m no longer doing full time foster care, so I’ve recently resumed my answering machine mischief. My […]
At Oddfella’s Cantina this past Friday night, the music was Irish and the special was halibut. We were a table of 9, about half women, half men, ranging in age from 25 to 65. I passed a notebook around the table for a new take on “10 Things I’ve Done That You Probably Haven’t.” The […]
Not long ago, I read that Albert Einstein was so distracted by his mathematical passion that he went out one winter day and left the hanger to his overcoat inside his coat…while he was wearing it! It scared me because it sounded like something I would do. I found myself patting my back after that, […]
I agreed to a 5 question interview with J&J’s Mom at Millersville. I just got finished telling her, after viewing her wall mural art (posted at her site) that she could have a new career as an artist…or maybe as an interviewer, which is another art form, according to a book I recently read, titled […]
My friend, Juniper, got two speeding tickets in one day. One of them got thrown out on a technicality. Her vanity license plate said SACRED, but the cop wrote SCARED on the ticket. I once left my journal in an Applebee’s restaurant after having lunch there. When I went back an hour or so later […]
“10 things I’ve done…that you probably haven’t” came from Melinama at Pratie Place – at least that’s where I first saw it. It’s another fun way to get to know each other. Feel free to share your own list. I would love to print out a collection of some of the most interesting ones. This […]
Found on a scrap of paper this morning and in my own handwriting: “If no one is going to quote me, I’ll quote myself.” Is that a quote?
