Strawberry Shortcake: Like Mother Like Son As I walked past the tourists waiting to board a San Francisco Trolley, I saw many of them (despite the fogginess) holding onto their ice cream cones. I did a double take when I saw a little boy with a cone […]
Adrift in a Haiku Battered thoughts adrift Lifejackets disappearing Applause driving me
The Kids are Alright but don’t let them fart in school or play with hand sanitizer: This week’s wacky news We are at the midpoint of January. We are now truly taken on 2015. What shall it bring? We all watched the news items where the local […]
The sound of music on a Monday: I will not yodel but I will walk with a spring in my step I have never watched the Sound of Music in its entirety. Ever. I am not a big fan of musicals. When it it comes to musicals , […]
It’s the New Year: I think I will now forgive my sixth grade teacher Ah, 2015 has come upon us. I am glossy-eyed and eager to get things hopping and skipping away. I read recently that Marky Mark-I mean Mark Wahlberg the former Calvin Klein turned respectable […]
The year the cat disappeared and beheadings rose: My emotional connections to some of this year’s top stories For me, this year was partly about the disappearance of the cat. Yes, you know. If aliens were to arrive on earth and look at social media postings they would […]
Despite my parasite, I still trust my gut My parasite this past year knocked me down for a bit. Knocked me over physically for sure, although the day after leaving the ER I was back to work. I’m crazy and dedicated like that. Plus, the work just needed […]
Life is not fair, but it need not be filled with inequality Many have noted “Who says life is fair, where is that written?” When our children are taught hard knock life rule son the playground we often remind them that life is not fair. Indeed it is […]
Nomophobia on the weekend? It is the weekend. It can be a time to relax. It may be a time to run errands taking kids to and fro parties. My six year old son has a more active social life than I do. This is the […]
Mirror, Mirror no longer on the wall: How will I know I am the fairest of them all? The psychological end of summer is here and it is time to take stock of a few things? Did we look good in that bathing suit? Did we […]