Rope-worthy

Wordless Wednesday — Return to Sender

Art Imitating Life

At the beach today, I watched with interest as two boys, maybe 7 or 8 years old, labored to dig the right size and shape “pool” to catch the incoming waves. One of the two blond kids was clearly the leader, barking orders at the other to “Dig the other side! Fast, dig the other … Continue reading →

Good thing we have our priorities straight

Catherine presented me with a small bottle of Bath & Body Works’ White Citrus body lotion following her recent trip to the mall with Basil. “It’s for you. I think you’ll like it,” she said. And she was right — it has a fresh, summery scent, a nice change from the lavender I’ve been wearing. … Continue reading →

Our views from the road

You can’t make this stuff up. Driving home from a visit with my parents yesterday, we couldn’t catch a break on the roads. It’d been a long time since we were stuck in traffic en route to their upstate New York home or returning from it. That’s a real coup since the trip involves traversing … Continue reading →

More wrinkles in time

It’s tough, but I’ve managed to make peace with the growing crop of white hair on my head, with the fact that I’m ready for bed earlier and earlier, and that I need progressive lenses. Hell, I’m even (almost) over the fact that my bras now require “age-defying lift.” But every time I think I’ve … Continue reading →

Recipes for failure

I was “Chopped” in my own kitchen today. Back-to-back baking disasters unlike I’ve had in a long, long time. Usually, I can whip up sweets in my sleep. Not today. Everything I touched was far less than palate-pleasing. Of course I was rushing, multitasking, racing to get back to that (I only wish it was) … Continue reading →

Scent of a Woman

It seems I’m pushing on a rope wherever I go. Yesterday, it was on a trip to the Left Coast. Six hours on a plane sitting next to an enormous cloud of over-sweet cheap perfume. Thankfully, the scent’s owner didn’t also talk my ear off. In fact, she slept most of the flight, dozing off … Continue reading →

Lies my brain told me

The human brain is an amazing masterwork, able to think and reason, create incredible things … and lie. Yes, lie. To ourselves, that is. Not the little white ones, but bald-faced, nose-growing lies. These past few weeks, I’ve been taking part in a 30 Day Healthy Challenge run by my friend Kristen under the auspices … Continue reading →

Sharing TMI at the library

When did the library become the equivalent of a Starbucks sans beverages? I admit I’m old school about the library, a point of view that harks back to my days as a page (yes, you read that right) at the Port Chester (NY) Public Library, where i spent time after school and Saturdays shelving books. … Continue reading →

A grave error

These sorts of things seem only to happen to Basil. This weekend, while attending a relative’s funeral, he found himself in the wrong place at the right time. He took back roads from the church to the cemetery to avoid getting caught in cross-town traffic, and was rather smug that he made the trip as … Continue reading →