Pizza or Smoothie?

Last week I began a strict diet, hoping to take off two recently added pounds.   Unfortunately, I brought those two pounds home as souvenirs from Paris and didn’t want them to get used to hanging around. So, while the grandkids were over Friday night enjoying pizza...

Find Snappy

Snappy, though seemingly nowhere to be found, has become a celebrity of sorts throughout the suburbs of Boston.  She has her own Facebook page with over 2,000 followers.  Snappy is a four year old weimeraner (large grey dog.)   Her whereabouts are unknown since the...

Gotta’ Talk About the Chocolate

This picture below describes how I felt about the desserts I ate on my recent trip to Paris.  If I could have licked the plate without appearing disgustingly rude and uncultured, I would have.  We recently returned from spending nearly two weeks in Europe.  My husband...

When the Chicken Hits the Fan

So, lately I’ve written about an electric fan, and various birds.  That combination reminded me of a conversation that leads to today’s post. There is an odd commercial I have noted of late.  It is an advertisement for directTV, and follows an unlikely and absurd...

Speaking of Courage…My Friend Gloria

While at a women’s midweek last night we had a group discussion.  One of the sisters in my group was recounting an example she heard many years ago from Gloria Baird.  The sister was remembering Gloria’s example of how we can sometimes try to get cool on a hot day by...