“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost In retrospect, I think it was the wink that bothered me most. There we were–“we” being my husband and me–sitting in a place of business awaiting a transaction. It is a business we’ve used for decades, but the person working with us was new. At least new in our… Read More
Fur Real: Why Cats Are Good For Our Health
“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.” ― Eckhart Tolle If you don’t like cats, look away now. LOOK. AWAY. Why? Because I’m going to share a few reasons why cats are good for our health and wellbeing. If you think cats are pretty badass and cool, this blog is for you…essentially cat-goodness validation on… Read More
Nobody Says “Chubby Dipp’n”
I’ve had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.” ― Libba Bray On a recent spring night, a rare one in which the sun was in attendance, a group of artists gathered. Me, being me, grabbed a drink and tried to slink off into a corner. I love artists; I don’t enjoy starting or… Read More
Could There Be A “Bedder” Husband?
“What darkness swirls inside your head? You are the Pinot Noir beside my bed.” ― Silvia Ardor I love my husband. We’ve known each other for around thirty years with the last eighteen of those attached to titles of Mr. and Mrs. With that much time together you’d think we’d be so familiar, so predictable, that our kisses would merge… Read More
The French Word For Dandelion? Pissenlit, or, Pee The Bed
“Dandelions are just friendly little weeds who only want to be loved like flowers.” ― Heather Babcock “Pee the bed.” Not Shakespearean is it? Dandelions, it turns out, have diuretic properties. Who knew? (Well, obviously the French people, but not me.) Needless to say, my awareness concerning dandelions is embarrassingly minimal: –When you rub a dandelion on a siblings face,… Read More
I Was Surprised When I Opened The Book And A Photograph Drifted To The Floor
“It’s the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.” –Tallulah Bankhead I was surprised when I opened the book, and a photograph drifted to the floor. Huh. The book, The Mane Event, was given to me around 1994 by my mother and had been sitting on a shelf ever since. Had I forgotten the… Read More
The Unexpected Gift
“Passion in life…is life. It’s contagious. Get naked and roll around in it.” ― Lorii Myers You know that dream where you show up at school, unprepared for the big test? And, because dream pain needs to be humiliating too, you realize you’re standing in a hallway full of students staring and laughing at your lack of clothing. Unprepared and… Read More
Suddenly he was inside the radius of her perfume and kissing her breathlessly.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
Money: We All Have Our Little Angst Spoons That Stir Up Big Emotions
“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” ― Oscar Wilde You know that feeling. The one where you dread what’s coming at you? Maybe it’s a dental appointment (and, as a former dental assistant who tried her darndest to make patients comfortable, I’m giving you a pass on feeling that way), maybe it’s a visit… Read More
Making “Tedious” Fun: How A Saddle Changed My Life
“Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.” ― Brom I’m that much closer to buying the saddle I want, I’m that much closer to buying the saddle I want, thought teenage Peggy as yet another envelope slid into yet another slot. It was a tedious summer… Read More
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