Based on my own experience, one would expect me to not be very enthused about weddings. One would be wrong. I am not enthused about marriage but family weddings are always welcomed because in my family, everyone shows up. We may not pay a lot of attention to the bride and groom because, after all, we see them all the time anyway. But oh what fun to reconnect with those far flung members of the clan who seem to appear only for weddings and funerals due to distance and time. The big question is, as it always is when the
Just when Anchorage was reaching my comfort level
I arrive on the East Coast for a wedding and the temps are in the 70s. I realize when I go to Cuba next week it will be even hotter. I maybe should have rethought this whole thing.
A suggestion to all members of my family who are contemplating the idea of marriage sometime before I die and who also think they might want to invite me… think January or February. Lovely months. And I have clothes that work in those temps.
How did we become so mean spirited
When I read what is being applauded in the US House of Representatives as great legislation, I have to wonder when we became a nation of such meanness. It’s not the way I was brought up to believe in America. I was raised to believe that America was a nation of endless possibilities that was founded on a belief in the common good; a nation that cared for its citizens and worked to see that the rising tide raised all boats. It just made sense. Leaving no one behind made us a stronger and better place. It’s why, I was
Leaving on a jet plane… but I do know when I’ll return
Heading East for a family wedding and then a trip to Cuba. Yep. Cuba. My sister and I are determined to visit all remaining communist countries on earth before their inevitable demise. Because things are really cheap right before the fall.
I guess it’s time to take the hanging plants down
The first snow of winter is always my cue that it’s time to put the summer flowers away and enjoy the whiteness of the next nine months. For those of us who hate summer, mosquitoes, other bugs and too much sun, we can only say YAY!
The hardest thing
The hardest thing about having three dogs is not having three hands and arms to hug and pet them all at once.
What I get to wake up to in the morning
Carm and Snowy sit with Santa between them, ready to fight for dominance. BuddhaBubba tries to get as far away from them as possible while still enjoying the comforts of mom’s bed.
Life doesn’t get much better… well, it would if Karie would hurry home but aside from that…
Please let’s have a dictatorship
Let’s make Hillary president for life and throw those bums in congress back out on the mean streets where they will have to try to actually earn an honest living. They truly are the biggest collection of assholes ever.
I got nothing
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Give the kid a break
There are a lot of very important things happening in the world. Some of those things are making it look like our world has turned upside down. Russia is acting as a peacemaker for goodness sakes. Isn’t that a sign of the end of times?
Yet America is focused on that which truly is, without question, a sign of the end of civilization. I’m of course referring to Miley Cyrus swinging in the altogether on a wrecking ball. I have no doubt if someone had the time or inclination to count column inches, they would find Miley garnered way more