It's my birthday! Last night as I drifted off to sleep I tried to remember birthdays from my past. From when I was a kid and others. And it was hard. When I was kid, birthdays were simply not a big deal. Yes. There was cake, my Mother always baked a cake, but there was … Continue reading Birthday Gifts
Your Daily Word Prompt
Gravina Morning
It is Friday and it is going to be a sunny day. I find it hard to drag myself to work, I want to watch the busy busy business outside my window. Planes and boats and clouds and sunshine. Watch the sun slowly warm Gravina Island outside my window. I stay a little Longer, drink … Continue reading Gravina Morning
Perfect Peppered Steak
(The prompts: Peppered Steak, smirk, eclectic) When I was a child we rarely ate out. Sunday meal were huge pot roasts we ate for days, meals were hearty, healthy and unremarkable. Sorry mom. But they were. If my dad was working and it was a summer day, my mom might drive through McDonald's for burgers … Continue reading Perfect Peppered Steak
A Touch of Perfect
This was a fun prompt! Just FYI, my husband is NOT the target of my anger! Nor is anyone I love. Morale is just so low where I work and this is how I felt after a meeting last night. I could not get out it of my head (prompt words: symphony, oasis, convenient, A … Continue reading A Touch of Perfect
Darling Dahlia
I have resisted the urge to partake in any photo challenges because... well... I am not a photographer! But I saw this prompt "Dahlia" on a beautiful picture and thought, well darn! I have dahlias, I will give it a try. So here you are, a lovely bunchy, bushy, trailing dahlia that draws bees and … Continue reading Darling Dahlia
Good Will Stories
Story Number One: Hot RollersI got rid of my hot hair rollers. The ones that made beautiful bouncy Farrah Fawcett style curls. The ones I used in the seventies... Then later in the eighties for "big hair." Even early in my teaching career I used them. So I took these hot rollers to Good Will. … Continue reading Good Will Stories
Empty House. Weather. Anniversary.
My house is pretty empty. It feels too soon to write about moving, we don't close until October 12th, but it is weird to see the house so empty. We have been packing a bunch of boxes on the weekends, winnowing out what we do not need on a regular basis. Roboticly moving boxes, hauling … Continue reading Empty House. Weather. Anniversary.
Those First Days
It is the first day of school. I stand there in the lobby, greeting students as they enter. Scrubbed, sun-kissed, sparkly-eyed kids, excited kids, ready for school. Nervous parents holding the hands of their five year olds. "Can I help you?" I ask. "Yes, thanks! Where is Mrs. Berg's room." I smile and I show … Continue reading Those First Days
Little Birds Fly the Coop
Yesterday someone asked what it was like to be an "empty nester." One of those poor, frazzled people who have a kid in elementary, middle and in high school. I just smiled and said, "The freedom." That is what we like the best, the freedom to do pretty much anything. Go away for a weekend? … Continue reading Little Birds Fly the Coop
No, She Doesn’t Have a Name
"What's her name?" People ask when they meet my cat. "Ummm...." We stammer a little, does it make us bad owners that we don't have a name for her? "Kitty, her name is Kitty." Which isn't entirely the truth. When my daughter was much younger she named her the same name as her friend who … Continue reading No, She Doesn’t Have a Name
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