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?
A caterpillar is not a butterfly. A hare is not a rabbit. A generation of kids learned from Mr. Green Jeans that a zebra is not a horse in striped pajamas. And no matter how much a Mercury Capri wants to be a Ford Mustang, it simply is not. So let me be clear to … Continue reading A Cucumber is NOT a Pickle
Photo by Atul Choudhary on Pexels.com People love to listen to music. And after my blog last week on musicals, I have had discussions with several people about different music genres and periods. I’ve also been accused of spreading earworms. I feel the pain – I’ve had a few myself. The Hamilton musical songs are … Continue reading Play It Again, Sam
Like thousands of other people, I recently saw Hamilton on Disney +. Late last year, I had been planning to take a long weekend to visit my niece in Chicago to see it in the theater there. Unfortunately, I’m a procrastinator, and I didn’t get the job done. Now I can’t. But thanks to Disney … Continue reading Once Upon a Musical
Last week I lamented on Facebook that, although I am pleased that toilet paper does seem to be fairly plentiful again, I was having trouble finding my brand of choice – Cottonelle - in the places I regularly shop. Thank you to my FB Friends who have my back and directed me to a strong … Continue reading Substitutions May Be Necessary
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