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Random Acts of Kindness
I perform random acts of kindness – although they are neither random nor an act.
You know you’re old(er) when…
I hate this time of year, despite the fact that the days are rapidly gaining light, lengthening to return hope.
I despise these days because it’s tax prep time. Uncle Sam needs his paycheck to spend in all the nefarious ways they selected without proper ask. Grr-rr.
Yet, we are citizens of this great country, and for all of its incredible aspects we must pay. We are compliant, appreciative, and obedient to the letter of the law.
Life as a Miracle: Sista Suzi
Her smile like a 250 watt lightbulb, never dimming, never wavering, no matter how tangled and dark the circumstance.
Payback for Millenial Hipsters Co-opting Our Youth
You’ve seen them. The Millennial hipsters who wear tee shirts sporting logos from rockers you saw in concert ‘back when.’ The beanpole, straight-postured young ‘uns who crowd Starbucks, Whole Foods, and in-the-moment restaurants and bars. Seeing them makes you wistful for your younger days when parents paid your car insurance and served free hot meals. At home, around a table covered with cloth… Is that what’s getting you down, Bunkie?
Is that’s what getting you down, Bunkie?
Recycling Extraordinaire
t’s a new year: 2018. We didn’t die before we got old, as Roger Daltry famously sang. We’re here and now, craving recollection, connection, life meanings that resonate like middle C.
Red vs White for Christmas Past, Present, and Future
I have a highly quotable friend. So, full disclosure, this is a phrase of his – “Drink red to be contemplative: white to get wild.”
Life as a Miracle: Lean on Me
To serve a loved one as needed. Life as a Miracle seldom gets better than that.
Wear the pearls, use the good silver –
"Wear the pearls, use the good silver, don't wait for a rainy day." Words my mother said as she cruised the displayed wedding gifts at our reception. We married in the living room of my parents' home, with the reception in the dining room, where a sliding patio door...
Keeping up with the Jones – who dat?
Tis the season to be jolly. Tis the season to shop.
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