So...do you digress much? It sounds like a bad pick-up line at a senior citizen’s dating club. I half expect to see an octogenarian wearing bell bottoms and a shirt that is unbuttoned half way down his chest winking from across the table. Senior citizen dating – whatever possessed me to go there? Alas, I [...]
Tag: Humor
Photographic evidence
My husband loves having his photo taken. If there is a camera within fifty feet he is smiling in its direction. I find this patently annoying particularly when he is sitting next to me. I am not a fan of having my photo taken. Nine times out of ten I look like a goober. Lord [...]
Imitation…the sincerest form of flattery?
The kids in 2002, 2003 and in 2006 I have had a quote by James Baldwin taped to my desk for years that says, "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." It remains there as a reminder that in all things I [...]
On the rise
Kat, me and Tam many moons ago... I have a confession. About five years ago I was the target of an intervention (yes, it is true). My friends Kat and Tam cared enough to tell me the truth and I have to tell you it changed my life. I was out-of-touch and my problem areas [...]
Wanted dead or alive…
I heard yesterday that one of my colleagues in the field of emergency management died. She wasn't all that old (but age is relative to how old you are and having arrived at the new forty I can only say - she was "older" than me, but not "old"). It seems I have heard about [...]
Cry and your mascara runs…
Sarah, Carol and Cheyenne celebrating... I received a giant birthday card the other day from Regan, the beautiful and delightfully spunky daughter of my dear friend Barbara. In the card Regan said, "Mom says it doesn't matter when I send this card because when you are fifty you celebrate every day." I smile every time I [...]
Incommunicado!
It has been a harrowing two days. It all began on Friday morning when my computer started making a loud, continuous buzzing noise. For a moment there my life flashed before my eyes (my life's work that is) and I immediately started mumbling - "arrgh- I knew I should have backed up my data this past month." I must [...]
THE NEW FORTY 