I went Christmas shopping yesterday and my first stop was The Tea Party, where I bought three different kinds of tea and a tea strainer. For me. And I don’t even like tea.
It was an impulse buy and I was indulging a strange and recurring impulse:...
I used to have a toaster that I’d had forever and couldn’t even remember where it came from. It sat on the counter and made toast. It was just a plain, ordinary toaster. I didn’t give it much thought at the time; I took it for granted.
I think...
The other night GC and I were out for dinner at one of those buffet-style places, when I discovered a human hair woven through my peas and cheese.
Suddenly I wasn’t hungry anymore. I signaled the waitress and told her about the hair.
The waitress...
I spent yesterday at the Homelessness Forum, which was sponsored by the Alliance to End Homelessness.
This is my third year attending and blogging about this event (see 2007and 2008). I like it because it’s free. Actually, that’s an...
About a month ago I heard somewhere that something was about to happen, astrologically, that would mark the beginning of several years of difficult times for those of us born under the sign of Libra.
Now, I don’t believe in astrology. But I couldn’t...