Drought-tolerant

Drought-tolerant

“Please don’t!” I heard myself say and, expeditiously, my guest complied. I couldn’t believe that I was refusing help in the kitchen, to clean up after a dinner party, but I was… She needed to be arrested. Because she was at our kitchen...
Drought-tolerant

Social Life

Our social life has migrated to the middle of the week? Has yours as well? That is, we often get together with friends on Hump Day, though without the camel, thank you very much:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxCVtEeJnZ It seems that all of our local friends are...
Spacey in Macy’s

Spacey in Macy’s

We have to attend two weddings soon. Hadn’t been to one in a few years and, wouldn’t you know it, the gaggle of gowns hanging in the closet don’t fit. Must be that languishing forlornly shrinky-dinks sequins. Satin and polyester, too. Macy’s...
High School Glad

High School Glad

Here I sit, in front of my Mac, where, a few moments ago, I was transported, like a famous movie in reverse, back to the past. High school reunion via Skype, an innovation that wasn’t featured in http://www.backtothefuture.com It was great fun. It was a blast!...
Curb Appeal

Curb Appeal

I was seated in the orthopedist’s waiting room the other day. Not for mends to my bones, but for a friend who’d survived a near fatal automobile accident…thankfully with only a crushed left heel. She is now a fervent believer in ‘Living Life as...