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on my dishlist
There’s a line from the movie Love Story, said by to-the-mantle-born Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O’Neal) – the preppiest of Harvard students, so wealthy that his family has a hall named after it – to his poor-in-money-but-rich-in-style, brilliant, Radcliffe girlfriend Jennifer Cavilleri (Ali Macgraw): “See Jenny – you can dish it out but you can’t […]
dodging the blues
“When all the world is a hopeless jumble,” goes the seldom-heard intro lyric to Somewhere Over the Rainbow – well, that “when” appears to be now. In these days of uncertainty (to say the least), all we can be certain of is how important it is to hold on to our hats and our hearts. […]
drumroll, please
Today is Hug a Drummer Day, the perfect occasion for me to salute my own once-drummer, B. – and to rerun this post from a couple of years ago about how I married an “almost” rock star. (Okay, he was just a little kid with big dreams, but you gotta love the heart.) Two, three, […]
dear little birthday girl
To everyone who follows my blog: You may notice that you’ve seen this particular post already, in March of this year, in fact. I’m reposting it because I inadvertently deleted it from WordPress and I wanted to put it back as part of my writing adventure and history. In reposting, though, it is automatically sent […]
notes to self
Time is a funny thing (strange funny, that is; ha-ha funny, not so much). We see it pass in our own faces and in the faces of those we love, in the faces of the places we used to know, and on the face of things in general. Feeling those passages seems to leap out […]
can you keep a secret?
There are some people who love to be kept in suspense. Whether it’s as tame as taking a chance and deciding to serve guests a recipe you’ve never made before, not knowing how it will turn out; as adrenaline-fueled as daring to take on the very next wave that rises up, sight unseen, not knowing […]
got game?
I’ve often said that because B. and I chose not to have kids, we ourselves often act as if we’re five (okay, I act as if I’m six). My point being that playing is a priority these days. So on our most recent vacation, we thought we’d up the fun quotient and take a stash […]
raining meerkats and dogs
Because it’s World Meerkat Day, I thought it would be fun to take another look (up!) at this post from awhile ago about my life as a meerkat. What can I say? When it rains, it pours. If you’re familiar with meerkats, you know that they are adorable-looking creatures, with patches around their eyes, known […]
ms. stepping up
How many anxiety-plagued people does it take to screw in an overhead lightbulb? Zero. We all worry that the stepladder will break and that we’ll fall to the ground, helpless to get up until someone finds us. Days later. Welcome to my life. Those of you who read my blog regularly may remember a post […]
heart and soul of summer
I originally posted a tribute to the Beach Boys in the spring of 2024, under the title “Good Tidings,” as we eagerly awaited seeing the group last summer at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Upon hearing the sad news today of Brian Wilson’s passing, it seemed right to revisit that tribute. When I did, […]
rice on your head 