Not as Fun

Here we are on the final day of February. Tomorrow Armadillos will open and the high in town will be -6. -6! It must be March. Always the hardest month . . . A friend so wisely pointed out the beauty of Lent falling this way for us in these northern climes. The agony...

Olympiads

Sochi 2014 and all that it was is over and done. You’d think we’d be moving on to other things.  At least that’s what I assumed would happen. Silly me! On Sunday afternoon we watched the very end of the bobsledding finals and then about 20 minutes of...

Foot in mouth

This Christmas a friend of mine gifted me with a fancy Mary Kay scrubbing brush.  Like an electric toothbrush, as it were, for your face. It is amazing. I have thoroughly enjoyed using it twice daily since I was surprised by its arrival. Then . . . Last week as I was...

What I Know

It’s not much these days, what I know.  Or, more accurately, what I know isn’t worth a whole heck of a lot.  But on days that feel as slippery as ice and when clarity seems elusive, it’s good to remember that I DO know some things with certantity....

Smarty Pants

Gemma . . . Gemma, Gemma, Gemma! What are you supposed to do with a 2-year-old who is too smart for their own good?  I alternate between laughing uproariously at her antics and wanting to curl up in a fetal position and cry my eyes out. No joke. She’s a spit...