Floating upwards through the sleep of the exhausted…midlife hot flashes are a preview of hell for the hormonal…I awake to the not-so-gentle kneading motions of our ten-pound cat on my bladder. Pudgy is hungry and she knows bladder badgering is more effective than meowing in my face. “Okay! Okay!†I say as she jumps to the floor expecting me to… Read More
NOLA!!!
Who’s NOLA, you say? Isn’t she that woman who sings Come Away With Me and plays the piano? Actually NOLA is a where, not a who…New Orleans, LA, to be specific. If you’ve never visited New Orleans, but have always wanted to go, I want to make you aware of an extraordinary person, Cassandra Snyder. If you’ve been to New… Read More
Signs and the Road to Belief
Have you ever watched a movie where the hero dangles from a cliff by the wispiest of branches protruding from a rock? The longer he swings and kicks and tightens his grip, the quicker the twig disintegrates. The hero is terrified of what is below and refuses to trust that his buddies have pulled a wagon of fluffy hay beneath… Read More
Magnets and My Attraction to Witty Sayings
Mom loved puns and quotable sayings. My childhood home had items hanging all over the place that were smart, painfully-punny, and funny. One said: “The wise old owl sat in the oak the more he saw the less he spoke the less he spoke the more he heard why can’t we all be like that wise old bird?†Another: “There… Read More
5 Lessons Learned While Traveling to New Mexico
One: Santa Fe has these funky low curbs that (sometimes) divide lanes on the roads. When we arrived, in a rental car, near midnight, my husband became an expert at slamming on the brakes when I’d yell, “Curb!†At first he thought I was yelling “Herb!†but since we don’t know anyone down there named Herb, he realized “Curb†was… Read More
The Gift Of Frustration
For about twelve years now I’ve been trying to get my photography into the Fine Arts exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. It has become my cross to bear, my mountain to climb, my adversary that won’t let me retreat. Prior to a couple years ago, you would register your pride and joy and then bring in the framed perfection… Read More
Mower Than I Bargained For
Moments ago I was out mowing our yard. The trimming-stuff I do with a push mower. As I’m walking around cutting off wayward grass tufts, it occurrs to me I could drag the mower over a weedy/bramble area taking hold in the corner of our dog Booker’s fenced area. While the idea may have been sound, I’m quickly having trouble… Read More
A Winsome Woman
It’s county fair time! In honor of the event I’m blogging about a dear friend of mine who happens to be a winner in all areas of life. A Winsome Woman A woman’s competitive nature blossoms into blue ribbons at a local county fair. It was only 7 a.m., but already a dozen cars were parked haphazardly along the muddy… Read More
The Compliment
The morning arrived in a blur of activity, and kept the pace going as I stumbled through errands. Agenda one: Walk Booker. Since our husky, Booker, is in full shedding mode (“shed happensâ€), I select my clothes with the understanding I’ll be coated in, well, his coat. I can stay twenty feet away from him and still look like a… Read More
Living in the Past
“This is the problem where we all get caught; we view photographs and make them with our agendas, personal histories, stereotypes and biases.†-Shelby Lee Adams Berthie Napier looks into the camera lens and a silent story unfolds. Those eyes! Trying not to gaze into them is impossible. Velvet steel, defiant, measuring. Her arthritic knuckles cradle a carved pipe like… Read More
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