Tag Archives: life
King for a Day
Today is National I Am in Control Day which makes me heady with the prospect of wielding an embarrassment of power from sunup to sundown (which, I imagine, is a lot like living in the delusional worlds of people like … Continue reading
Filed under Rantings & Ravings
The Protocol of Love
No one writes love letters anymore it seems—the carefully folded squares upon which fools in love used to pour their hearts and souls, wooing the socks off each other with amorous prose and flawless penmanship. There was something to be … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Other Drugs
Ice is Simply Not Nice
I abhor ice—underfoot, that is. It is a loathsome beast that feeds upon my vulnerabilities, senses my unsuspecting nature and seizes each and every opportunity to torture me. Often publicly. Until recently, I suppose I had forgotten just how greatly … Continue reading
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Snow Blows
“I remember well that January day back in 1987…” The forecast was for a light dusting. At the most, three inches of the fluffy white stuff would fall. Like any sensible Northeasterner who had been transplanted to our nation’s capital, I … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Chaos, Rantings & Ravings
You Can’t Take it with You
I love idioms—especially when kids interpret them in the most literal sense imaginable. Needless to say, I am thoroughly (and often shamelessly) entertained by the manner in which my children assign meaning to this or that age-old expression. So as … Continue reading
Filed under Mushy Stuff
An Affair to Remember: A Passion for All-Things-Digital
Checkout lines depress me lately. Not only because a goodly share of today’s merchandise seems exorbitantly priced and fairly superficial, but because I’m hard pressed to remember the last time someone actually counted back my measly change—placing the bills and … Continue reading
Filed under Rantings & Ravings, Techno Tripe
A Decade of Enlightenment: Ten Things Parenthood Has Taught Me
I’ve been a parent for some 8,286 days. A stunningly imperfect parent, I hasten to add. During that period of time I learned more about sleep deprivation, sibling rivalry and teen angst than I previously considered humanly possible. However, the … Continue reading
