I grew up with a set of vocabulary cards from the early '60s. Still have them. Here's a gem. A very anachronistic gem.
Jessie Newburn
It's "Hammer," and you'd think if someone was going to make a sign and go through the hassle of actually vandalizing stop signs as this person has done, they'd have checked the spelling, or that someone helping them would have pointed out the mistake, but whatever.
I took this photo at a high school. A high…
I was thinking back on high school and various memories from that time in my life when snippets of learning to drive popped into my mind. My driver's ed teacher was Coach Skelton, and there were both horrors and joys in having him as my instructor.
Coach Skelton--that's what we called him; he wasn't Mr. Skelton…
One of my Uber Chronicles stories.
My next passenger is six minutes away. I find myself at a community college; it’s a nice-looking campus. As I approach my passenger, he thoughtfully waves his hand to identify himself to me. I appreciate this tremendously. He gets in the front seat.
He’s in his early…
Life in the suburbs. One of my neighbors--and I don't know who--likes to drop off holiday-themed goodies now and again. They sign the accompanying cards "Santa," "The Bunny" and so on.
Not complaining. One bit. It's all rather sweet. Literally and figuratively.
Not that it is at the moment, but, oh, how I ever so love listening/dancing/grooving to this song.
And then there's this beaut. Eternal thanks to the inter-webs and various and sundry individual's art and creativity.
I think it was sending my Bay Area-dwelling sister this article about California reservoirs that made me think of the song.
Way back when in another iteration of me in my mid-20s, I was forever moving, rushing, late, stressed, freaked out by all that was on my plate, and adding more by the day. I was unaware then how agitated coffee made me, and drank it daily; I was unaware then how much of my life…
When a-searchin' for a product to purchase, any time I see a "best of" or review guide by a newspaper such as The New York Times or Chicago Tribune, I am 1) more wont to trust them and believe them over a "best reviews" type of (often) spammy-ish website and 2) THRILLED to purchase anything…
I've always been a fan of coming-of-age stories, and I enjoy reading them and other young-adult fiction. And, well, I rather like a super-hero/chosen-one type of story, too.
So, some years ago, after hearing quite a bit of chatter about Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and "His Dark Materials," I read them, loved them, and was…
For as much as I rant annually about the regional, arboreal horror known as The Ever-so-Invasive (and not particularly attractive) Bradford Pear Trees, I would like to thank, deeply, every single home owner, shopping center developer, apartment complex landscaping professional and anyone who belongs on this list for planting many, many cherry trees in recent…
Well, that's rather interesting. Folks be eatin' this, calling it a delicacy.
I posted this photo on Facebook and was shocked by how many of my friends had tried it, and in many a case, liked it. Kinda like truffles, some said. OK, so that's one of those "I didn't know that but now I do"…
I'm no different than the rest of humanity. A surprise box (or pretty envelope) in the mail with a nice gift inside made my day all the nicer and gave my dopamine a little boost.
Loving this new season-based lipstick Melany Carlos of House of Colour, Arlington sent me recently.
I never/hardly ever wore lipstick for the…