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Tomahawk Telephone
I was invited to join a circle of friends, women who gathered in mutual support twice a month. I was overjoyed, welcomed into the company of good women. In between meetings, I'd occasionally receive their calls: inquiries and invitations to interesting events. It was...
Armed
Sometimes I feel as if a nurse stapled my heart on my sleeve soon after my birth, where all can see it to harm and hit me up. While their action rips and bruises my heart, I've realized at least that my arm is unhurt. I lift it up and wave bye-bye. My legs are well,...
Hyperbolic Discourse
hyperbolic MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to hyperbole. 2. Of or pertaining to hyperbola. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyperbole (excess), from hyperballein (to exceed), from hyper- + ballein (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1646, 1676. (wow - before there were...
UPside = US
It was 8 years ago today...that we saw Paul McCartney in concert. Well, not quite, the event was the second weekend in November. But it comes to mind now, and I can't wait to share the joyous remembrance. Especially because Paul and his band wowed the attendees with a...
Jello
My arena of influence has expanded into the Land of Eat, specifically the Province of Dessert. Who knew that such a thing could occur, especially in a human burned out long ago on the confection perfection demanded of/by a 4-H practitioner who achieved Grand Champion...
Zymurgy
zymurgy MEANING: noun: The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zym- (ferment) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1868. NOTE: While zymurgy's day job is raising spirits, it also moonlights as the last word in a...
Life is Improvisation
I love improvisation, a theatrical situation in which actors play off of each other unscripted. They create little dramas and comedies just by speaking dialogue and acting out scenes they make up as they go along. I admire improv actors whose high-spirited goodwill...
No Fair!
Back home in Indiana I reveled in all things 4-H. It was a way to fill the long hours of summer in a very small town.
Baking yeast rolls to perfection, stitching just so, and lumbering around in an old car taking ridiculous photos under the guise of art.
Holiday placemats made, the etched glassware crafts, and on and on and on with ardent endeavor.
So attending the Orange County Fair and lingering over the children and adults’ exhibited wares had been a high point of summer ever since we moved here. A bit of roots relatability.
Safe Harbor
33, 000 miles on the odometer. We had driven 1000 of those miles in a week's trek through Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. In a powder blue Crown Victoria with a trunk large enough to transport Jimmy Hoffa's body as well as our minimal luggage. It was the annual...
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