After being nipped yet again by a seemingly relentless horse fly, Cheryl said, “I must be delicious…he won’t stop biting me!” We nearly fell off the park bench we were laughing so hard! What a fantastic way to look at someone or something taking a bite of us, “I must [...]
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“Wow! That’s Beautiful!”
I rounded a familiar corner and was surprised to see only one lane of traffic where normally there are two. What happened? There’s no construction. As I waited for the light to change, I noticed a student driver sign prominently displayed on the roof of a car ahead of me. When the light changed, [...]
Rocky Balboa “It ain’t about how hard you hit…”
Gail Snow Moraski gave me an 8 x 10 photo of Rocky. He had just raced up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, his arms raised in triumph. I cherished it so much, I taped it to the back of my bedroom door. I looked at it each morning before I started my [...][...]
July 22nd, 2009 - 6:00 am § in most popular, recent posts
“ice cream man!”
There are times in life when I’m transported directly back to a place of innocence. Like hearing the tune as the Ice Cream Truck approaches my neighborhood. I remember frantically gathering my nickels and dimes as I yelled to my mom, “Ice Cream Man!” Standing in what seemed[...]
July 20th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in most popular, recent posts
A dream position
“Auntie, I need some advice”, the text message read. Within an hour, Kerri and I were sitting on the wall at Wollaston Beach weighing the pros and cons of the situation. Kerri, a recent college graduate, was thrilled to be moving to Virginia in 2 weeks. That is, until she got an email offering[...]
“Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
One of my all time favorite episodes of I love Lucy is the one where Lucy Arnez and Ethel Mertz are working the assembly line of a chocolate factory. What a classic! As the conveyer belt gets much too fast for them, they find creative solutions like popping the chocolate into their mouths, hahahahha[...]
