Monthly Archives: July 2011
each with a story to tell…
storytelling…a testament…to having lived…hugmamma.
weekly photo challenge: broken
broken… can be good…and not so good…hugmamma.
no more…what if?
My friend Sylvia emailed me the following some time ago. It’s been simmering on the back burner. Other topics clamored to be heard. Now that most of those have gotten “on air” time, I decided now might be the time to share this. My previous post about Rachel Beckwith, the 9-year-old who died in a devastating accident last [...]
daily post challenge #200: what is it that i would like to have 200 more?
At first I thought this topic was frivolous…not for me. I don’t need more stuff; I’m trying to downsize. But it dawned on me that one thing I would love to have, I think, is more time. I’d divide 200 years amongst loved ones so that I’d have more time to be with them, and more time to experience life [...]
tears…in heaven
the generosity of a child…even in death…hugmamma.
365 photo challenge: easiest
Parenting isn’t the easiest job for sure…but it’s by far the most rewarding…and long term. Of the careers I’ve had, and there’ve been a few, being a stay-at-home mom has taught me the most about life…and about myself. Caring for the well-being of another, a daughter who looked to me for comfort, guidance, and love, [...]
rooting for…the underdog
I’ve been catching glimpses of America’s Got Talent in between getting chores done, like ironing clothes that had been sitting on top of the dryer for ages. And I’ve been tidying up the kitchen, here and there as well. What brought me to my laptop was something Piers Morgan said to one of the contestants, [...]
recipe exchange…a pasta…a mimosa
You might want to check out a couple more recipes that have been added to recipe exchange, a page listed at the top of this blog, under the header picture. One is from fellow blogger, under the oaks, for Burgundy Chicken Linguini. Sounds absolutely yummy! And I’ve added another for Mango Mimosa which I’ve not yet [...]
loved…by sitka…and juneau
Have you ever been loved, really loved by a cat? Well, it’s nothing like I’ve ever experienced before. And I’ve had numerous cats throughout the course of my life. But Sitka and Juneau, siblings, mixed-Maine Coones, adopted from the animal shelter after 9-11, are ardent lovers, wanting to shower me with affection 24/7. One or [...]
daily post challenge #197: why are reality tv shows so popular?
Might it be a subconscious desire to “keep up with the Jonses?”…but in reverse? “How’s that?” you say. What if instead of wanting to be like the stars of reality TV shows, we want to make sure we’re not like them at all, or that we’re better than them? Kind of a convoluted way of [...]
daily post challenge #196: are we becoming too dependent upon technology?
technology…an inevitable product…of man’s restless brain…hugmamma.
get an opinion…
research reviews…avoid regrets…hugmamma.
daily post challenge #195: top 10 or 5 lists
The question presented is what’s my opinion about top ten or top five lists? Am I pro, con, or indifferent. I guess I don’t personally pay heed to someone else telling me what their top choices are; I’m going to decide what they are for myself…if I’m interested. And I guess I’m only interested if it pertains [...]
daily post challenge #193: how many friends can a person have?
Just saw a Toyota commercial which answered this very question. A teen is seated at the dining table, laptop computer in front of her. Smiling she says something like “Old people are such sticks-in-the mud. They don’t like to do anything new. ” She goes on to say she got her parents to join Facebook. [...]
trivia…not so trivial
must knows…banking…alzheimer’s…couples…hugmamma.
365 photo challenge: viewer
observing life…from the comfort…of a chair…hugmamma.
daily post challenge: my preferred mode of getting around…cars, trains, or planes?
“where’s the loo?”…hugmamma.
in touch with…my soul
It’s not what you think. This isn’t about some soul-searching, life altering revelation. Although come to think of it, it might be. But actually, this is about getting down with my bad self…my pulsating, rythmic, jivin’, island soul. There are probably a handful of people in whose bodies I’d like to revisit this earth. And last night I met [...]
fantastical!…harry potter
Last night was a first for my husband and me. We’d never, at least not as middle-agers, stood in a line waiting for a movie to begin at 10:30 p.m. But in recent months we’ve become more adventurous. We’ve been stepping outside the box, so to speak. Rather than resort to our nightly ritual, me [...]
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