Up and Away

Technology is not always my friend.  The picture that was to be my “a picture is worth a thousand words” shot, the picture that was to underscore the headline, was, alas,  accidentally erased.  If we are very lucky, it won’t take a thousand words to set the scene, but the infectious fun of the moment is lost.   Bah. [...]

Rise and Shine

As children, there were many ways our Mother greeted us each morning.  Depending on our willingness to cooperate, her mood could range from a cheery “Good Morning” to the jarring sound of the radio turned up as loud as the volume dial allowed–usually after we had ignored her one too many times.  One morning we were [...]

The Long Road Home

Yesterday, my travels took me on a 228-mile round trip journey for a special job related project.  The destination was in and through the mountains to the east–the majority of which skirted the topmost ridges.  What a view!  Riding the highest peak for at least a 25 mile stretch offered clear lines of sight that stretched north and south. 
My [...]

The Great Fall Malaise of ‘08

ecent blog entries have been limited–and not just me.  Several of my favorites (some of you know who you are) seem to have been experiencing similiar difficulties.  Daily tidbits have dwindled to weekly updates.  Juicy, insightful and/or witty remarks have been noticably absent.
In addition to Seasonal Affective Disorder form the shortened hours of daylight, favorite theories [...]

Routine

Having just returned from an annual job-related conference, the weekend has provided the downtime needed to ease back into a routine.  Several days before leaving, the preoccupation of making sure the cat had enough food for the week, the right clothes were clean and pressed, the grass was cut–you get the idea–changed the automatic patterns that are [...]

Slightly Spooky

Today on Michael Feldman’s “What’Ya Know” radio show on NPR, a guest was describing an incident in her life that she found to be incredibly shameful.  At a low point in her life, she was forced to sell everything she owned.  At the yard sale, a man offered her $7.00 for her children’s pet dog, and she agreed.  [...]

Sales(wo)manship

Just about one month ago, wistful notions of once again driving my now departed Saab convertible rushed through my veins.  It was a beautiful spring day and other Saab nuts were out tooling around having fun–making me incredibly jealous and lonely for just one drive.
Fortunately, sanity returned in short order, but the real end of the story has to include how I [...]

Bane of My Existence

For reasons that elude me, muscle cramps in my legs seem to have become the bane of my existence.  After having eaten enough bananas to turn yellow (extra potassium), stretched my legs and feet before retiring (to counter the effects of potential overuse), and forcing fluids (possible issues with dehydration), the problem recurs on an unpleasantly regular basis. 
Desperation even induced me to [...]

Sobbing Over My Saab

Miss my Saab.  Convertible weather has arrived.  A few years ago, I gave in to my long submerged urge to own a 1993 or earlier Saab convertible.  It had a tan interior on a black body.  900 Turbo.  Oooh, what fun it was to drive.  I’m not even really a convertible kind of girl, but there is [...]

Too Tired to Move

There’s an old joke out there about a hillbilly family sitting on their porch listening to a coyote howling at the moon.  Each in turn speculates about why he doesn’t finally give up and fall asleep, but no one has the energy to go chase him away because each is “too tired to move.”  Eventually, someone drives [...]