Tootsie rolls & foot balls (but nothing to do with candy or sports)
{PLEASE ~ Chime in and tell me YOUR favorite!!} I like to take pictures of feet, prehaps because they tell the story of where you are and what you're doing. I forgot just how many foot photographs I had taken until until I had reason to scan my...
The panhandler’s breath
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the "5" without looking. But it was evening, and baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame…and his stealth entry stiffened...
The paradox of my father’s bedside manner
The way my father expressed TLC sometimes tilted toward the rough and gruff, but there was no mistaking it as Love In Action; and it provided substance for some of my earliest childhood memories. Sometimes I think there's something wrong with me, though: ...
The care and keeping of imagination
“'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.'" said Pooh. ~ A.A. Milne My children are taller than me. The laundry room door looms as reminder. I look up into their eyes and remember when...
A rumor of enchantment
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” ~J.B. Priestley Whispers of snow in the forecast send me...
Sweet mercy ~ Cyber Monday BARGAINS you do NOT want to miss, I promise!
Note: Be sure to scroll through this entire post to discover the BEST 2011 Cyber Monday deals (or at least some you might otherwise not know about)!! Affiliate links are scattered throughout, and if you click through and buy something, you might be...
The best/crazy/awesome Black Friday ~
Cyber Monday deals from the comfort of home & your jammies
While you're scouring the internet for the best Black Friday Deals, why not click through links/badges you find on your favorite blogs? Most are affiliate links, which mean if you purchase anything from your click-through, you might be tipping your...
An accounting lesson every parent needs to learn and practice
Some of the best parenting advice I can offer is over 2000 years old. It's as relevant today as it was when first recorded, though it wasn't even suggested in the context of parent-child relationship ~ Keep current in your relationships; maintain a...
Apparently @Starbucks is reading my blog…
~ & a challenge for you! ~
So…apparently there IS power in the digital pen. After I mocked the giant coffee mermaid, their marketing genuises (<— they really are genuises imo) got together over an overpriced steaming latte, and decided to give a little back to...