thoughts from a freckle-faced pisces
In the last year, we’ve all had to get accustomed to undersized everything. Boxes of cereal and crackers that look the same on the outside, but are only half full on the inside. Bags of chips that are bags of air. Ice cream cartons that you can polish off in a night. Big bags of … Read more
I have always been writing ahead on this blog, so I keep my reserves up. This weekend was not a writing weekend. I don’t know what it was except that I’ve had a screaming sinus headache for two days. They’re remodeling my fave Target store, and even with said headache, I went to look at … Read more
There’s been a whole lot of splits in Tinseltown in the last year. Let’s see, there was…………… Arnold & MarieJLo & MarkHeidi & SealDemi & AshtonEva & TonyDavid & TeaRussell & KatyDavid & CourtneySean & RobinJesse & SandraCamille & Kelsey To name a few. At some point or another, every one of those spouses has … Read more
My acting gig as a Standardized Patient ended Monday with the last round of medical students. Over four afternoons, I had 24 abdominal exams as well as having my heart and lungs checked each time. There was a lot of heavy breathing/hyperventilating on my part, and I never did a header off the table even … Read more
This post was written last week. Funny, cute. Had a picture. Went to post it and the screen was completely blank. How did I delete this? I have no idea. I cussed. I will rewrite it and try again tomorrow. I can’t remember anything. How am I going to remember what I wrote three days … Read more
It’s been a busy week. This is a piece I wrote a few years ago when illness struck…………. I have wondered for a long time if I am one of the millions of people who suffer a mental illness. In a magazine article about obsessive-compulsive disorder, I matched three of the five signs, and told … Read more
When The Boy child was in high school, we arm twisted him into trying out for cross-country. Practice was rough going, and every day when I picked him up he would hobble to the car. A month later the weekly meets started, which are bright and early on Saturday mornings. The Big Daddy and I … Read more