A decade ago I retired. My employment record showed 35 years on the job. I was repeatedly advised that staying home would drive me crazy. I knew that was impossible since I am nuts already. The last ten years have been fulfilling ones for me. I am no couch potato. [...]
Posts under ‘Life’
What Are The Perfect Wedding Accessories?
Because someone I know was planning to get married, I was looking for a little something to acknowledge the occasion. In looking through wedding accessories, I found the ultimate thing: The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Wedding Etiquette. The book gave contemporary advice for today’s bridal party. I bought one and was [...]
No Smoking
In my life I have known many testy, cantankerous testy know-it-alls. Recently I overheard one of them complaining about today’s no smoking laws. The man claimed someone’s using an electronic cigarette would not be any violation. Ergo he decided he was going to procure one and test it out on his next [...]
Remembering Learning Games
Do you remember learning your letters? Do you remember the matching games that you played with your class to help you learn the shape and sound of the various phonemes?
One of the easiest and most popular was having the first player give a word like DOGS. The next player had to give another [...]
A Little Dab’ll Do Ya
At Halloween, I watched artists carefully paint the faces of the children who came to celebrate. Butterfly wings, cats whiskers, flower petals beautifully adorned bright, smiling faces. The innocent laughter and giggles was music to the ear of everyone listening. Every now and then a little one stretched, yawned, then rubbed [...]
Acronyms And Alphabet Soup
ABC, NBC, CBS, CLA - it’s all alphabet soup to me. So many firms and organizations are known by their acronyms that few people actually know their official name. WDW? Everyone knows that is Walt Disney World. YMCA? That’s harder: Young Men’s Christian Association. SCUBA? [...]
Some Habits Never Die
Old school parochial English composition demanded correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling and usage. When one saw RED, it meant there was an error to correct. Some people carry things too far. I have to plead guilty to this one.
I found hubby’s note to me, “Honey, differin with you, I think we should leave [...]
