For sale to the highest bidder: ME?!
File this under one of the coolest things that has happened to me since I started blogging publicly two years ago: An artist stumbled across a vintage photograph of me at age four, then wrote to request permission to paint–and sell–her rendition of the...
Healthy snackin’ and Dad’s Outbackin’ ~
A Saturday afternoon post means free food potentially for EVERY commentor!
Bagel-fuls are a new favorite snack of mine, tried when Kraft Foods passed along a few free samples for me to try. Their ploy worked–I’ve already bought another box. Imagine Twinkies, but instead of golden sponge cake think bagel, and instead of...
Wanna recommendation for a GOOD $10 bottle of pinot noir?
Mirassou® California Pinot Noir. I’m a fan of Rodney Strong pinots, but at close to $30/bottle, it’s a little pricey. Mirassou was recommended to me by our local wine shop, and I was pleased the recommendation proved worthy. True, I’m...
Brevity is NOT my strength!
If a picture paints a thousand words, then my writing approximates museum-proportion. "Word economy is NOT my friend!" she growled in exasperation. Obviously, this is why I was nominated for "Most Talkative" (congratulations (?) to Musings of a...
A daughter’s denial and my heart might explode
She had been waiting two years, three months to eat corn on the cob. Two weeks before her braces were scheduled to be removed, she asked if she could eat on our red "Special Plate". Had she not thought of it, I would have surprised her with it...
It’s just the beginning…. Friday’s 40 PC, #7
An Ode to Corn on the Cob Slathered in butter, Sprinkled with saltRows of sweet kernals, Each one I exalt. Is it veg’table, grain or a fruit?Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a hoot! Sometimes a 40-word limit is welcome, other times it’s...
Oops! The deadline slipped up on me!
If you read this and are feeling particularly kind and generous, would you mind voting for me NOW over at the Bloggy Hoss Elections? Voting ends tonight (whatever time zone Hawaii is in). This is the second year in a row I’ve been nominated for...
Bump, bump, bump
Normally, with Laura’s weekly "15 Words" photo prompt, a dozen ideas quickly form. Today? Complete writer’s block. All I could come up with from her photo below seemed expected and contrived and done a thousand times over....
When a bridal NIGHTMARE translates to 15 minutes of fame
The first time she babysat for us–before there were cell phones–she called me at my first errand "stop" to tell me my daughter had just blown out her diaper and there was "stuff" all over Rachel, all over the bed…and everywhere...