noun: nostalgia; plural noun: nostalgias a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. I've blogged before about smells and how they can whisk me back to my childhood days. Pictures can do that too. A friend shared a string of retro pictures this week that were … Continue reading Who Remembers?
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com I am a news junkie – and I am on a news holiday. It’s a bit of a feat really. I have not tuned into the news for one hundred and sixteen hours and counting. I haven’t watched the news on TV, read an alert on my phone, hopped on … Continue reading Extra, Extra Read All About It
Photo by Kristina Paukshtite on Pexels.com It’s that time of year again. I know I’ll be seeing the videos pop up in my Facebook and YouTube feed. I like you Jimmy Kimmel, I really do, but I hate the Halloween candy thing. Are you familiar with this? Following Halloween in 2011, Jimmy Kimmel challenged parents … Continue reading Liar, Liar
Photo by JESHOOTS.com on Pexels.com “I don’t care. What do you want to watch?” “I don’t care. Let’s see what’s on.” So starts the conversation that MOH and I have on a regular basis, and have had for many years. This conversation is followed by a search through network stations, and more recently streaming channels, … Continue reading “What Do You Want to Watch?”
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Earlier this week I was making dinner with my family, and out of nowhere I started humming, and then singing, “Oats, peas, beans and barley grow. Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow. You and I and everyone knows how oats, peas, beans, and barley grow.” It’s a silly song from … Continue reading Sing a Song
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Recently, it occurred to me that I hadn’t heard anything from a friend in a while. I looked her up on Facebook to see if she hadn’t been posting anything or if her posts just weren’t showing up in my feed. I couldn’t find her. “Hey,” I said to a … Continue reading Facebook: Friend or Foe
When I was a kid, Allan Sherman sang about aspirin commercials giving him headaches and it was amusing. Now I’m an adult, insurance commercials give me headaches, and it is NOT amusing. “We don’t watch commercials anymore,” a friend from work told me. “We only stream.” And that is a great advantage of streaming. However, … Continue reading Back After These Messages
Seasons in the Sun Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com The other morning while I was getting ready for work, as the sun was just starting to peep out of its sleepy nest, I received a text message from my sister. “Why does it stay dark for so long? Wait. Don’t tell me. I don’t … Continue reading Waiting For the Sun
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com At work, when we reference an experience that happened at another employer, it is a common lead in to say, “In my previous life…” As with most people, I have segmented experiences within my life. There’s my life before MOH (19 years), my time at my first job (17 years), … Continue reading In Another Life
It was a muggy Sunday morning in July 1999. My son and I walked out of church and climbed into an oppressively hot mini-van. “Mom,” he complained loudly. “Let’s get going. It’s soaking hot in here.” I took the opportunity, as many parents do to say, “When I was a kid… we didn’t have air … Continue reading How Do I Live Without Air?
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