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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Searching for Tribe
Give me some place that I can go Where I don’t have to justify myself Swimming out alone against this tide Looking for a family looking for tribe … Continue reading
Posted in Bikram Yoga, Blogging, Childhood, Children, Family, Italian, love, nostalgia, Philosophy, Random Thoughts, Relationships
Tagged black sheep, connections, Facebook, family, family tree, genealogy, grandfather, love, Music, musicians, New Model Army, politics, social networks
46 Comments
Double Dog Dare
Hmmm… I think I’ve accepted a ‘double dog dare’ from my friend to write more. I don’t know what that’s exactly going to look like – but it may or may not involve you being suckered into reading more stuff. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family, Humor, Random Thoughts, Sharon K Penmen, Words, Writing
Tagged challenge, christmas story, double dog dare, handwriting, Sharon K Penman, Story, Ted Schredd, words, Writing
26 Comments
The Five Second Rule Fail
My husband and I feel very differently about ‘the 5 second rule’ – come on, you know what it is…the rule that food dropped on the floor is edible if picked up within 5 seconds (as long as it’s not … Continue reading
In Response to the Woman in the Ice Cream Shop
That’s my alternate title to “An Open Letter to the Woman in the Ice Cream Shop”… It was 2008, my 6 year old son and I were in a Baskin-Robbins, it was his first visit to an ice cream shop … Continue reading
Posted in Aversions, Childhood, Children, Cooking, coping mechanisms, Eating, Education, Food, Food Allergies, grieving, Health, Parenting, Random Thoughts
Tagged Allergies, anaphylaxis, baskin-robbins, helicopter parents, ice cream, kindness, peanut, peanut allergy
63 Comments
The Ring Tale
This is my fast Saturday story – enjoy. Several years ago we invested in a laundry ring to use instead of detergent in our wash. We really loved it and one of our friends was curious about how well it … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Children, Humor, Injury, Random Thoughts, Story
Tagged eye poke, Humor, laundry, laundry donut, laundry ring, moe, panties, three stooges
32 Comments
I know we are connected
In the past I was chastised by a peer. It concerned giving my opinion about a matter amongst a group of people. He took me to task because he felt that another person in the group might have been upset … Continue reading
Posted in Bikram Yoga, Blogging, Children, Coincidence, connections, Humor, love, Philosophy, Random Thoughts, Society, Teachers, Writing, Yoga
Tagged connections, friendships, networking, patterns, people, society, Yoga
92 Comments
Family Traditions – Abject Humiliation
Originally posted on The Mercenary Researcher:
My family is not huge on tradition – but there a few customs that we like to carry on–telling humiliating stories is one of them. Specifically we like to share humiliating stories about my…
Posted in Humor
8 Comments
From the stench that wafts from bums; something wicked this way comes
My fast morning story – In the 1990s my husband and I would often take an overnight trip to Bisbee, AZ – and in lieu of driving one of near-to-dying-cars, we opted for a ride on Greyhound. This also allowed … Continue reading
Posted in Driving, Humor, Random Thoughts, Story, Writing
Tagged Arizona, bathroom, bisbee, bus, greyhound, poop, sewage, sierra vist, smell, stench, Story, violent femmes
66 Comments
Time to Label the Crazy
Originally posted on The Mercenary Researcher:
Let’s not beat around the bush any longer. I’m a little weird…as we all are. I have a few phobias. Everyone has phobias – germs, bugs, flying, public speaking – but these are not…
Posted in Humor
12 Comments
5×5? Why Not
Who am I to buck a trend? Several of my blogging friends have been participating in the 5×5 thingamajiggy – it started with Benzeknees and just spread out like ooooooze from a wound. Vanessa, Carrie Rubin and Rarasaur have all joined in and if it’s good … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Buttons, Eating, Games, Humor, Random Thoughts, Reading, Writing
Tagged 5x5, bloggers, books, bucket list, favorite things, Games, movies, Writing
41 Comments
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