Hubby Plants a Garden

  I know trouble is brewing when Hubby walks outside and stares at the backyard. “This summer I will  grow crops and we shall feast,” he states.  FYI: The backyard is 1/2 the size of a tennis court. Crops?  Did he mean a garden? “Yes, yes,” I...

Lost Years

“Mom, do remember when I cut my first tooth?” Nope. “Hey Mom, how old was I when I took my first steps?” Um…don’t recall. “Yo Ma,  do you remember when we buried my pet lizard?” You had a pet lizard? My children call it...

Sushi Devotee

The whole family loves sushi! Raw fish. Seaweed. Rice. Crisp veggies! Udon soup. What’s not to love?  The local sushi place is nearby and quite good. I tell Hubby it’s our job as Americans to promote small businesses, so we eat there once a week. When the...

Spring Cleaning #2

The closet!  That small space where more stuff is jammed inside than any other room in the house. Occasionally, InStyle magazine will feature celebrity closets—a crystal chandelier-ed, fabulously lite, color-coordinated space the size of my garage—but I...

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning! Some tackle the garage. Some vacuum behind every cushion on the couch, or wipe the blinds, or clean the drapes. Seems like an awful lot of work. My idea of spring cleaning? My closet! Discarding the frayed, the old, the too tight, and the...

Drawer of Misfit Cosmetics

They lay in the darkness, live in the gloom of the least-used drawer in the spare bathroom. The make-up I purchased but never wore and never returned to the beauty store.   Lipsticks so garishly pink when I bought it, did I pause to think? Lipsticks a ghastly...
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