Each year December 26th greets me as if I was partying like it’s 2099 (I wasn’t) or the morning after a really bad blind date.
Year: 2016
The Unsung Hero Of The Holidays: Tissue Paper
Do you remember when the shirt box was a big part of gift-giving? It was used for actual tops – velour anyone? – and bottoms too. If an item fit in a 14″ x 9″ -ish cardboard container it was going in. It would be lovingly placed in its packaging, cocooned in tissue…
Knowing Her, That’s The Gift She Wants
I love giving and unequivocally believe that it trumps (poor innocent word now forever gives pause before use) receiving. And to take it one step further, finding presents for my friends takes the fruitcake. And then in the midst of coffee at the diner and tissue and wrapping paper, bows and gift…
Sparks In The Bedrrom
Getting up before the sun came up, I brushed out my hair from its bedtime ponytail. In the darkness, as I put the brush back on the dresser, static electricity lit up the bristles. I am going to avoid cliches about things heating up in the bedroom. After all, I’ve…
A Modern Christmas Ode
Seattle Seahawks Clinch NFC West Title Christmas Husband On Vacation Day Resulting In Three Days Of Togetherness Liquor Store **************************** Second Verse: Same As The First, etc.
Peace On Earth And Within Yourself
Peace fills your heart when you surrender to your strengths and let go of your weaknesses. – From Debbie Macomber’s Instagram
How Old Is That In Friend Years?
One of the (few) great things about getting older is that, if you’re lucky, you also see the large amount of years your friendships have endured. When it comes to my closest friends, who I all met in my 20s and 30s, it seems as if there was never a time they…
Computers Are Still Hacks
I know we aren’t yet at the point where computers take over the world because my iPhone still changes a certain word, on the rare occasion I use it, although the fact that it happens enough that I am blogging about it belies my frequency claim, to “ducking”. Unless, of…