Where Art Thou Aunt Flo?
I’ve been waiting for Aunt Flo. Waiting all month for her visit, in fact. I feel something like the characters in Waiting for Godot. I am waiting for something to happen to relieve me from the limbo in which I exist. At the same time, I’m afraid of what might happen as I leave this [...]
Oh, That Makes Perfect Sense…NOT
After the whole brouhaha with Fat Mona/Ramona, I decided to contact the FAA to find out the actual regulations about noise-canceling headset use during takeoff and landing. Here’s the dialogue:
Me: I wear noise canceling headsets during my frequent airplane travel. I turn the noise canceling feature off during takeoff and landing. Recently, however, I have [...]
Carefree, That’s Me
’m in Carefree, Arizona. Yes, that is the real name. I wouldn’t make something like that up.
I’ve been here since Sunday for a meeting enjoying the hot…really hot…really, really hot weather. I think it was 105 today and people were saying how great it was that it had cooled off. Yeah, right.
I arrived during one [...]
And Then I Accidentally Stole The Car
Thursday was a bitch. So much of a bitch, in fact, that it has taken me two days to get up the energy to write about it.
On Thursday I had to do something I hated: take a day trip to Little Rock to give a talk. Day trips aren’t normally bad, but Little Rock [...]
Garden Wow!
OK, I’m leaving for Bethesda this afternoon, but had to update about my garden. Everything is growing like crazy.
Remember the before pictures:
Gardening I
Gardening II
Now look at what we have:
Basil regrowth after the first harvest
Rosemary
Chives
Patio tomatoes
Strawberry pot
My “patch”
The sweet peppers
Grape tomatoes
Cayenne peppers
Sweet 100 tomatoes
Can you believe this?!! I’m [...]
Bebe’s Kids and White Hats
I must be in Blackville, Black Town, or Blacksburg. (I won’t call this Chocolate City since DC has the sole distinction of wearing that label.)
I arrived in Detroit this evening (after waiting on the runway in my beloved Philadelphia International Airport in a queue that had us as 29th for takeoff) and hightailed it [...]
My Very First
ell I finally bowed to peer pressure. I admit it. I’m weak. I’d held out for so long, but finally I was worn down. I just had to see what all the hype was all about. So today I bought my first…
my first…
my very first
pair of Prada shoes.
What else could this self-respecting diva do? I [...]
Ramblings of an Exhausted Mind
You know you’re tired when….
When you go to your refrigerator water dispenser and hesitate before filling your glass. You see, above the label that says “water” indicating the water dispenser and not the ice dispenser, you see another label that says “light.” You think to yourself, is this glass big enough to hold all [...]
A Titular Mess
es, I know. It’s Independence Day and I should be posting about freedom, liberty or at the very least, barbecues. But instead, I’m going to write about titles.
Most of you who know me understand that I’ve been a cradle feminist. I was a feminist before I even knew was feminism was. Really, because it was [...]
Eating From My Garden
efore I left last Monday, I harvested my basil and cilantro. I was stunned with how much basil I produced. It filled an entire colander. I had less cilantro, but it was so fragrant.
I rinsed both well and laid the leaves between layers of paper towel, and sealed the paper and leaves in a [...]