Serve you meat, ma’am?
All of North Carolina has been buzzing this week about the same topic, and no, it isn’t the weather (despite broad predictions of wintry mix Friday that never materialized but closed schools anyway). People are aghast, perhaps even grieving, and swapping stories about the closure of a cafeteria. Yes, really. It is not an exaggeration…
On Earworms
You know the drill when a song gets stuck in your head and certain parts of it play over and over and over, driving you nearly mad? It might be a song you love or one you hate, or maybe even one that you love to hate, and sometimes (but not always) its sudden appearance…
But, the cheese!
My heart sank yesterday when I stepped out into our enclosed garage and noticed a stream of light running the full length of the refrigerator door. Had we retrieved something from the extra fridge earlier that morning and just missed closing it tight? Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that this was not a recent mistake,…
Under a Blood Red Moon
A strange sound emanated from beneath my pillow just ahead of the witching hour on Friday morning. My mind pretended not to hear it, but the muffled insistence of an unfamiliar ringtone persisted until I forced my eyes open, vaguely aware of having set an alarm the night before so that I could witness the…
O Canada!
I might have otherwise titled this post, “How I Spent My Eclipse Vacation,” but the dense clouds that encased Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Monday, April 8 rearranged the highlights of the trip we had planned for witnessing the totality of solar eclipse. There were many silver linings to the vacation and I’ll share them all,…
Surprise!
The surprises. That’s one of the things I love most about being married to my husband, Les. Valentine’s Day gave me pause to delve into what makes our life together so interesting and fun, and the common thread is surprises. Les is really good at this. Sometimes, the surprise is a gift— like our first…
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