If you go online at all, I’m sure you’ve seen the hooks to get you to click on a story. You know…hooks like these: See for yourself why What’s-his-face’s last video is cringeworthy! Remember What’s-her-name? You won’t believe what she looks like now! When this photograph went viral, it sparked major reactions! Experts insist that … Continue reading Hook, Line, and Stinker
Life Changes In A Hurry
My friend Marlene came back from running errands yesterday to find her husband unresponsive in their front hall. As a nurse she was able to administer CPR, but neither she nor the paramedics were able to save his life. Stunned beyond measure, she wanted to let her wide circle of friends know. Her post began, … Continue reading Life Changes In A Hurry
The Hostess With the Mostess
An episode of the old sitcom All in the Family had Edith very nervous about her role as hostess of a Tupperware party. She fretted about the embarrassing role she had played in a Christmas pageant as a third-grader. As a manger cow, her one line was to have been, “Moo moo, I hear people … Continue reading The Hostess With the Mostess
Give Me Time to Adjust, OK?
Tomorrow is September 1st. Although we’re back to rather warm weather right now in northern Virginia, fall is not far behind. If you don’t believe me, just pop in to any store and you’ll find sugary-to-a-fault candy corn, costumes scary enough to make grown men wet their pants, and hideous spider-related decorations for your home. … Continue reading Give Me Time to Adjust, OK?
Thoughts on Prayers
During my final year of commuting to work, I passed by the same young teen waiting for his school bus. He was a lone soul at that bus stop. The thought that I should pray for him popped into my head one day. So I did, calling him Bus Stop Boy in my mind since I … Continue reading Thoughts on Prayers
Say It Again, Sam
I received my weekly report card from Grammarly yesterday. If you don’t already know, Grammarly is (according to their own website) “an online grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection platform for the English language developed by Grammarly, Inc.” Even though I consider myself above average in spelling, punctuation, and word usage, I use Grammarly … Continue reading Say It Again, Sam
Five Bucks, Two Hours, and Three Minutes
Legendary Stanford professor Tina Seelig posed the following assignment to teams of students in one of her classes: How profitably can a team run a (very) short-term business with $5 in seed money? The team could spend as much time as they wanted in the planning stage, but could actually “operate” the business for a … Continue reading Five Bucks, Two Hours, and Three Minutes
Guilty As Charged
One of the questions on the VA application for a REAL ID is this: Have you ever been found guilty of a crime other than parking violations? The phrasing indicated to me that the government wanted any speeding or moving violations included. So I had to fess up. Yes, I am guilty of the most … Continue reading Guilty As Charged
Those Who Do Not Remember The Past…
After I wrote about Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House on the Prairie book series, one of my readers commented: “WHO DIDN’T LOVE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE?!” Well, as it turns out, the Board of the Association for Library Service to Children. After Wilder’s very successful writing career as a beloved children’s author, … Continue reading Those Who Do Not Remember The Past…
Make New Old Friends
Isn’t deep conversation with a friend fulfilling? It nurtures the soul. It leads to stimulating thoughts. It can help us understand others better. In talking with my friend Jen today, I learned she grew up in an Army family. They moved every single year until she was a teen. She now thinks those early years … Continue reading Make New Old Friends