Hooray for Alice Munro, my favorite author who writes of the everyday lives of ordinary people with reverence and respect and makes it compelling and riveting to read.  She has won the Booker Prize for lifetime achievement and she is so deserving.  She is good and prolific, a rare combinati… Read full post »

Preface, Memorial Day

Just to say thank you to all of those who have served and are serving, and to those who are still paying the price with wounds both physical, emotional and spiritual.  Here's hoping that the Obama administration recognizes these sacrifices and is willing to provide solace a… Read full post »

In no particular order:

1.  My kids.  They are funny and energetic.  They love to read and while they don't do exceptionally well in school, they are smart.  Even the two with whom I have frosty relationships make me happy when there's a thaw.  My 17-year-old called me on Mot… Read full post »

Here it is:

1.  Dieting and exercising and not losing weight.

2.  Slow service in a not-very-busy restaurant.

3.  People who don't clean up after themselves, i.e., put their dishes in the sink, god forbid they wash a dish, not rinsing out the tub or the sink after they use it.… Read full post »

Quimby The Mouse from This American Life on Vimeo.

Hi.  I'm back real quick to let everyone know who cares (Mumbletypeg being one and who was my first friend here and I really miss her)  that I will be back, that I've done more art work and will have… Read full post »