After much prodding from various friends, Mister and I recently started watching UnREAL (Lifetime). Basically, it’s a scripted, behind-the-scenes of a reality show show. Make sense? We’re through 6 episodes of season 1 and, speaking for myself, I…
Hemo-What Now?
Yesterday I took the train to a local hospital to donate platelets. I’ve done this before and it’s a fascinating process. Unlike blood donations, the platelet donation process takes a couple of hours. Basically, one arm is hooked…
Monday, Monday
I don’t know about you, but I had a swell weekend. There was entertainment and food and laughter and imbibing and pool-time and well… It was just grand. On Sunday evening, Mister said something about how easy…
Spell-check, People!
The other day I was looking for a local business to print some photos from negatives. Now – before I get too deep, let me say that yes, I am someone who still has negatives from the…
Uh. What Day is This?
A few days ago, Mister and I were talking about “Amazon Prime Day.” Like you do. And he wondered aloud why the sale was held on July 12, as “12” is not a prime number. Our math-themed conversation…
House Lizard
Remember when I first saw this little dude? And then I told you how he’d gotten inside the house, despite my hopes to never see him again? Well, when last we spoke of Mr. Lizard, I…
Please Don’t Call Me “Child-Less”
I don’t know how many of you are following British politics, and really, in America, why would you? We’ve got a homegrown freak show going on in our front yard. But I digress… British politics. For those not…
Grave New World
So this is our life now. This is what we’ll see before going to bed at night and what we’ll read first thing in the morning. The past week’s various shootings across America have left me feeling…
Art In (Sort Of) Public Spaces
A while back, Mister and I were in Salt Lake City to visit his sister and her husband. For those who don’t know, Salt Lake City, Utah is sort of like Austin, Texas, in that it’s “an island…