we didn’t go out to restaurants very often when i was growing up. so on the rare chance that i found myself at a freshly set table staring at the myriad of goodies listed on a menu, i wowed at the chance to order a club sandwich. something about those layers fascinated me: i’m sure …
i’m one year away from an empty nest, although, believe me, there’s plenty of other stuff here to keep my nest overflowing! but in the full-time parenting sense, yes, the countdown officially is here: child 1 & 2 are settled in cozy college city apartments, and my youngest child is 17 and a half, has …
carried out enormous family reunion. check. feted darling daughter for her 20th birthday. check. encouraged & oversaw issues related to son finding new apartment in the city. check. dealt with new kitty, behavior management (spray bottle of water), and several vet visits. check. aided and abetted daughter with new apartment furniture & fittings acquisitions. check. …
i’m messing around in somebody else’s memories. a few weeks ago, while wasting time on e-bay, i was compelled to bid on, and then subsequently, pay for, two hundred slides, circa 1965. from england. what can i say? i actually thought it would be super cool to see europe from that era through the lens …
