Recently I was at a restaurant that had tablets at each table with games to play. The game that was most captivating to us had a series of questions where you had to pick one of two options. Some of them were benign - gold or silver? Others were more thought provoking - Would you… Continue reading What’s in an Age?
Category: Getting Older
While we all know that it will happen, getting older really sneaks up on you!
Reverse Bucket List
A few months ago I read a blog post over at About 100% that talked about a reverse bucket list. My first thought on reading that term was that it was a list of things I never wanted to do. That seemed so much better and easier than the traditional bucket list. I was on… Continue reading Reverse Bucket List
Home Front
As a history undergraduate student, I fell in love with World War II. Unlike all of my classmates, however, what interested me was the home front, not the battles. I did take the occasional class about the war itself, yet I did so to give myself a better background of the timeline to make the… Continue reading Home Front
Mixed Tape
In my ongoing quest for new blog topics, I discovered a delightful site - First 50 Words - that provides writing prompts and a writing sample of what the first fifty words might look like. It is definitely part of my RSS feed, and I've bookmarked so many of the ideas. Today is the first… Continue reading Mixed Tape
Retiring
Last year this time I was writing about how writing out my holiday gift list kept me from impulse buying. Well, my holiday is over, and there are still tons of sales on at the stores. I ended up buying something that I'd been thinking of but never hard enough to make it on to… Continue reading Retiring
Tradition is Born
My dad doesn't like creating gift lists. He actually would prefer to do just about anything else. In recent years he has dug in his heels. "Dad, what do you want for Christmas?" "I don't need anything." "That's not what I asked." "Give me cash." To me, giving an actual gift has meaning, whereas a… Continue reading Tradition is Born
I’m a Big Girl Now
Years ago (okay, more than a decade), I always threw a party on the day after Thanksgiving. The timing was perfect: It gave people who stayed in town or came back for a visit a chance to escape their relatives and leftovers (no holiday-related food items were allowed, EXCEPT tamales. Those were always encouraged. Yum!)… Continue reading I’m a Big Girl Now
Free is Good
Ms. M and I have been friends for fifteen years now. We are firm believers in the adage that some of the best things in life are free. While many of our adventures have had a price tag attached - like meeting up in Paris! - most of our favorite moments together have been free.… Continue reading Free is Good
Spilled Blood
I was preparing a dish to bring to a party when the knife slipped: It sank into the pad of my middle finger. I screamed a great slur of curse words and rushed to the sink, leaving a trail of blood everywhere ... except, remarkably, on the cutting board. Shortly after the blood started gushing,… Continue reading Spilled Blood
Slowly Crafting
A little over a year ago, I saw a blurb in Mother Earth News about creating a rag rug. When I followed through on the link, it was talking about using leftover woolen clothes to create durable floor mats. Well, this Southern California girl doesn't do wool: it's itchy, and more importantly it needs dry… Continue reading Slowly Crafting
Grown Up, Now What? 