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Flashback Friday: The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd

Catherine’s concert this week got me thinking: She comes by those vocal chops naturally (click at the end of this post for another song from Wednesday’s concert). By the time I was her age, I had been singing my way through life — church choir, school chorus, school plays, driving my mother crazy around the … Continue reading →

Can you hear the people sing?

Pops concert last night — the last choral concert of this school year and a treat as always. I never cease to be amazed at the talent the kids have or how well they perform under the hot lights in all those layers of polyester. There was a lovely send-off for the seniors, which I … Continue reading →

Birthday wishes

Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law, Dena. A lady never tells her age, so I won’t divulge it here, but I will share this photo of her as a teenager, which never fails to make me smile. I don’t know exactly how old she is here (Basil thinks she may be 16 or 17, as old … Continue reading →

At our expense

It’s happening. Junior year isn’t quite over and already we’re hurtling into senior year. Friday’s email stream brought a note from the Greenwich High activities lady: Catherine has three weeks to schedule her senior portrait, which will be taken during one of two weeks over the summer. EEK! We were just walking her to the … Continue reading →

Flashback Friday — Let the Summer Fun Begin

It remains damp and chilly here in the Northeast despite a weather tease earlier this week that had us thinking about installing the window air conditioner in Catherine’s bedroom upstairs. It rained overnight, and the skies remain threatening. In fact, it looks like a washout until Memorial Day on Monday. Still, I’m trying to look … Continue reading →

My eureka moment

My epiphanies are few and far between, but following yesterday’s post, about Basil’s ongoing transition to the world of (semi)retirement while I continue to toil in the salt mines, I had a big AHA moment. The post elicited quite a few comments and offers of help (Truthfully, I’m not sure if these folks are trying … Continue reading →

Good help is hard to find

The transition to sorta retired continues here in our little world. My travel last week has caused a bit of a setback, it seems, and this week Basil was back to asking me each day, “What are you doing? Are you home with me? Can we have lunch? What would you like to do? Can … Continue reading →

Beating around the bushes

Basil was busy while I was 3,000 miles away this past week. He worked his way through the list I left of important appointments, chores and errands, plus a few tasks of his own. Naturally he was eager to show off his work when I got in the door at midnight last night. Before I … Continue reading →

Flashback Friday — Pomp and Circumspect

A bunch of us had a little fun yesterday piling on to a Facebook status of a former professor from Pace University, where I went to school. Judging by the comments, Denis Hurley remains a touchstone and mentor to many, but none of us has managed to quite get over the sting of his sharp-tongued … Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday — Scene It