Tick, Tick, Tick
It’s getting closer. Tick, Tick, Tick. The new season of The Tick. No. Just kidding. (Although… a sucker I am for those off-beat comics turned into cartoons.) First day of school is upon us. We will long for the lazy Read More …
Category: opinion
Change Overnight
Unlike caterpillars into butterflies, we don’t change overnight. We still have fears. We still look the same, the hair may be a little bit longer, but only imperceptively. We are probably not any taller…. We have the same IQ – Read More …
Resistance Is Futile
I promised myself that I would NOT buy any new back to school supplies this year. I had very legitimate cause for feeling confident in my promise to myself. What have I found? Resistance is futile. My plan was that Read More …
Sort and Resort
Today it was sort and resort, books which we have and have bought, read, enjoyed. Or not. Fiction Non-fiction Historical fiction Biography Thriller Young Adult Romance Picture books Cult classics The Classics Summer reading list Book club picks Loaned two Read More …
Free For All
What is out there is often free for all. sunlight air trees the moon friendly dogs who let you pet them smiles crunchy leaves, already falling off the trees fresh grass shells on the beach a walk through town pet Read More …
No Refunds Offered
Retailers – whether online or in a brick and mortar storefront – often have a policy on how they offer refunds. There are many industries and products or services however, where there are no refunds offered let alone required…really, who Read More …
Wind In Your Face
It is okay to have the wind in your face, but the Irish will tell you it is better to have the wind at your back. It is just that sometimes (and not to say the Irish haven’t experienced this Read More …
Able Enough
All your adult life, as parents, you wait for the day when your kids are able enough to do chores. You start out small. Put away your toys. Put your laundry in the hamper. Clear your plate. Bring in the Read More …
It’s Not About Me
One thing I have come to realize, (and many of us realize too,) as a parent, it’s not about me…It’s about them. Mostly because they didn’t have a choice in coming into this world as our children, we did that. Read More …
All Hands
Tomorrow, we will have an all hands kind of day. It is the big day, the move. The thing that we have been planning for all year, all summer and all month. We, however, took a break this weekend to Read More …