I love birds. I liberally feed them and I am fairly sure that my house is one of the most notable bird tourist attractions in North America. When I come home most days it is not unusual to see upward of fifty birds in and around the vicinity of my bird-feeder (and a like amount [...]
Tag: Humor
Driving Ms. Daisy
Dave Rogness has the patience of a saint. He allowed me to ride along with him to a meeting in Bismarck today. Actually, he graciously offered to drive not only me but also other members of the InfraGard board. I was the only one who could go ultimately so Dave got about six uninterrupted hours [...]
I have arrived…
My friends, I have arrived. And by "arrive" I don't mean - "I'm here!" or "I'm back!" I mean I have arrived at a much sought after social status. Well, it is about time. I am, after all, in the new forty already and if one wants to "arrive" it technically needs to happen before [...]
Romper room
I feel a moral obligation to alert the community about spurious fashion trends that are being revisited. In the past that has resulted in a blog or two on mom jeans, leggings and the most aggregious fashion crime of all time -stirrup leggings. Of course I report about these items as a past offender. I [...]
Voucher
Today I went to the post office with my son Noah. He needed me to vouch for his identity so that he could get his passport. He lost his old passport in the Galleria fire in October. On the form I had to indicate what my relationship was to Noah. I asked the nice woman [...]
31 days of writing…
I write every day here on my blog, but it is more stream of consciousness than thoughtful, calculated writing (which you have undoubtedly picked up on if you are a regular reader). I don't spend tons of time worrying about perfection - I freely overuse dashes - see how free I am - and when [...]
The First Real Housewife…
Today I made a comment to someone about Erma Bombeck and the person I was talking to had never heard of her. I was shocked and stunned. Who doesn't know Erma???? Then it occurred to me that Erma was from another time and with her death now 15 years ago, my classic Erma reference - [...]
THE NEW FORTY 