I Did it with my Own Two Hands
Sometimes I surprise myself. Sometimes I surprise others. I surprised myself and my family when I recently did two do-it-yourself […]
Dump the Experts
Despite my trepidation about the proliferation of make-over shows and the insidiousness of experts on TV, I would jump ahead […]
Bad taste better than no taste?
If you’ve looked at certain websites, been passed an email with tacky-terrible images or watched any number of trashy TV reality shows, you […]
Nobody’s Family is Going to Change
Nobody’s Family is Going to Change is the title of a children’s novel by Louise Fitzhugh. I reviewed it years […]
Don’t Eat the Food, Drink the Water, and you might ...
What’s going on? Are we in the ending days that I remember from the sermons of my youth?Who’s looking out […]
True Leadership and Wisdom – Go Obama!
The speech Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave on March 18, 2008, was one of the best and most honest analyses […]
Tuscan Inspired Tomato and White Bean Soup
This is only the second recipe I’ve posted on my blog so you know it had to be good, quick […]
Clotheslines and Cristo
One of my special memories from childhood is hanging clothes on the clothesline at my grandmother’s house. I liked being […]
Pushing through shyness
I am a shy person, sometimes painfully so. I am pausing now as I type this, because I can hear […]
When You’re Alone, What do you do?
Do you close the door to the bathroom when you’re alone?Do you make up the bed even if no one […]
Arrogance and Entitlement (Hillary’s)
First came the surprise that Obama was indeed a viable candidate. I could tell that Ms. Clinton felt certain she […]
The Downside of Not Drinking
The downside of not drinking is that I can never blame liquor for any stupid mistakes or judgements I’ve made […]
The Wire goes bye-bye
A moment of silence, please, because HBO’s The Wire has ended. I’m still digesting the ending. What will I do […]
Childhood Ditties
When I woke up this morning, a childhood ditty came to my mind. It was: The boys like the baconThe […]
Who’s to Bla-aaa-aame? Put it on me.
Most of the negative stuff that’s come into my life, I ushered in even when I did so unconsciously. Who’s […]
Instant Messaging and Other Email Woes
My daughter bugged me to sign up for instant messaging so she could email me when I was on the […]
Praying for Brown
One of the first questions I asked when my daughter was born was, “Is she brown?” I had been praying […]
Bedrooms and Values
On my recent trip to visit my daughter and granddaughter in Charlotte, I got to thinking about bedrooms, space and […]