Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Almost two weeks ago when Mom and I were in north-central Missouri, my mother and her siblings came across several photos in the course of attempting to go through some of my grandmother’s stuff. The photos were thrown in a shoe box — one of the things they were going to deliberate and go through… Continue reading Picture perfect? Not quite.
If you’re going to put your ad on Facebook, please grammar check it. Reunion.com (you know, the Web site that helps you find people you went to school with) placed that ad on Facebook. I sent them an e-mail about it: Reunion has an ad on Facebook with the headline “You’re name was searched.” “You’re”… Continue reading Time for you’re grammar check
Let’s talk light bulbs. I’m all for the energy-saving benefits of fluorescent bulbs, but I don’t like the the oh-so-bright white light they produced. But I love the soft light bulbs. They still have a bit of the fluorescent look, but not nearly as bad. And the bulb is prettier than that spiral look —… Continue reading A light-bulb moment
It’s time to put all of my nerdiness on the table: I collect coins. I don’t have anything valuable, but they interest me. So it’s a 20-lb. box that gets moved every year or so. Last weekend I went with my mother to north central Missouri so she, her sister and her brother could start… Continue reading What a difference a penny makes
If you haven’t heard, there was an earthquake. It wasn’t my first earthquake, but it was my first in Missouri. The quake happened at 4:37 a.m. Friday. Sadly, for me, I was just going to bed. (I’d been working on a blog post, actually.) The first confirmation that it was an earthquake (because I always… Continue reading I felt the earth move under my feet*