Lately I feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (or perhaps better stated Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde). A split personality is emerging and I fear my rationality will be overtaken by frivolity and a lack of appreciation for consequences. Every day I find it more difficult to contain my Ms. Hyde. Try as I [...]
Tag: winter
Two feet of snow??!!
If we must get two feet of snow, this is the only way that I can conceive I can endure it. Thank you Barbara Johnson...good to know that someone found a creative use for their snow. If they want to build the rest of this snow person tell them to come to North Dakota. We [...]
Bitter?! Who me?
I picked this photo up from a colleague. Not sure who the creator of the artwork is or who to credit for the photo. All I can tell you is that I felt the piece spoke to me (in the way art sometimes does)...it resonated with me. I am not a psychologist, but I think [...]
…when hell freezes over.
Do you know that saying...the one which starts with any number of things and ends with "when hell freezes over"? I have used it a few dozen times in my lifetime (give or take another few dozen times). This notion that hell freezing over would change the world so much that we would do something [...]
Winter prediction system…
How do you know when winter is coming? I hear some folks can feel it in their bones. I am not sure how that works. I have no such predictive powers. The only thing my bones tell me is that they are a bit more audibly creaky as I age. Some folks can tell by [...]
The countdown to the days of peril…
I was never a girl who padded her bra as I felt it was a clear case of misrepresentation. I also have never been one to wear lots of foundation or makeup – again, I am really into this concept of truth in advertising. What you see is what you get – well, at least [...]