• These boots were made for walking

    Sunday, April 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      This is how I know I’m cheap about the weirdest things.  I have two pairs of boots.  My winter ones cuddle my feet like an Ewok hug.  My rain ones are bright, sassy rubber ones.  They channel my second grade self that wants to stomp through puddles.  The winter ones keep me warm but not ...

  • Delicious Ambiguity

    Sunday, April 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.....Delicious Ambiguity.” ― Gilda Radner The ...

  • Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

    Sunday, April 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      Last night was the Wood holiday party.  It was held at Bites, a new Asian tapas place.  We had the place to ourselves.  The food was delicious.  The libations flowed liberally.  The service was outstanding... and fellow servers can be harsh raters.  I left at 11.  I was the first one to depart.  I was ...

  • Thump, thump, thump

    Sunday, April 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      “What is a weekEND?” - Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey With Christmas and New Year on Wednesdays this year, the work week has been quirky.  After Christmas, I worked two days, off for one, worked two days, off for two and now I’m going in for the first of my latest two day work stint.  It’s ...

  • Hi, 2014! Whatcha bring me?

    Sunday, April 27, 2014 Permalink 0

      Ellen has an activity she brings to any New Year’s Eve party, The Burning Ritual.  She encourages people to write down the negative from the past year.  Then, people put it in her cauldron and she burns it.  It sounds a little like witchcraft.  And maybe it is.  I burned my 2013 tome last night.  ...