To Christmas Tree or Not to Christmas Tree…

Well, one can’t escape it.  Black Friday heralded the beginning of our being bombarded with Christmas music, Christmas decorations and messages to buy, buy, buy!  Usually on Thanksgiving day, I put up a four foot tree in the living room and a mini-tree up in my bedroom.  I decorate the house, and then, usually a [...]

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Is This Holiday Necessary?

Today I stepped outside to mail a letter, only to be surprised by a tiny bird, high up in a mulberry tree, singing his little heart out.  Here I was, shivering in my “winter-is-just-around-the-corner” attitude, while this little feathered guy was belting out the most beautiful melody as if it were the first day of [...]

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Men are from…Beyond Mars!

Today I remembered an incident from my “saucy vixen” days that, in hindsight, makes me shake my head and confirms for me the difference between men and women.  I think that what shook this memory loose was that I had a conversation yesterday with a friend of mine who is looking for love.  I’m really [...]

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Internet and Other Gripes

First of all, to help you understand my frame of mind  – my paper man missed my house today…again!  I know I’ve griped about this before, but, really!  When you sign up to be a newspaper carrier, wouldn’t you think the first thing you’d do would be to memorize your route?  I mean, how do [...]

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The Sky is Absolutely Free

On days like this, when the economy continues to tank, the market is sinking fast and prices continue to creep upward, I find no alternative other than to turn my thoughts outward – to nature.  And one of my most favorite things in nature is… the sky.
Nowhere else will you find something this beautifully breathtaking [...]

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Judge Shows: Tell me these people aren’t “normal!”

I will admit to a sinful pleasure.  I love “judge shows.”  Now I’m not talking about those judges who allow screaming and arguing and constant interruptions.  No, I like judges who demand order in their courtrooms, specifically Judge Judy and Judge Marilyn Milian on the People’s Court.  These ladies are intelligent, witty, and believe in [...]

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Miss Brooks

I thought she was a funny little woman.
She was thin as a beanpole
and had excruciatingly tightly-curled hair.
And she always stood stiffly at attention
with her arms crossed tightly,
as if to protect her nonexistent chest.
Miss Brooks was my eighth grade
home room teacher,
and I thought she was hilarious –
not that she ever tried [...]

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The Way It Is…

Since my little sister dropped out of my life, you know the first thing I read in the newspaper every morning?  Not sports.  Not the comics.  Not the entertainment section.  Not the headline story.  No, I read the obituaries.
Pretty grim, huh?  But, it’s the only way for me to know that someone I loved very [...]

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Magazine Manipulations…

I love magazines and have always subscribed to many.  I used to pay the bill without question whenever I received a renewal notice.  It was then that I learned that sometimes a magazine will tell you your subscription is about to expire when, in truth, it still has maybe six months to go!  I learned [...]

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Who knew? Not me!

Apparently you’re never too old to discover new things about yourself – good or bad.  That’s the conclusion I’ve come to just in the past couple of days.  And it’s funny, because I thought I knew myself pretty darned well, but a recent incident has opened my eyes to something I didn’t realize.  And it [...]

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