Mikki Brisk

    This Thursday Memory isn’t my own. It’s a photo of our young friends Taylor and Kyli, from 13 years ago.   The reason I dug up this old pic is that I just saw these chicks last week…

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    I spotted this the other day as I walked down Melrose in Holly-weird. And I didn’t think it was weird at all. In fact, I thought it was quite nice.

    Today is America’s birthday. She’s 240 years old. But I swear, she doesn’t look a day over 200.   Mister and I may catch some fireworks. We may fire up the grill. No big plans, just big fun.…

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    The other day I got an email from someone I’ve not seen in ages. And it couldn’t have stirred sweeter memories.   Back in 2001, Mister’s Mama and I went to cooking school in Italy. The horrors of…

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    Remember when I told you about the lizard shown above, and how he seemed to be waiting for me to open the back door so that he could waltz into the house? Well his patience and persistence certainly…

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      Every now and then I’ll look up a random date’s wiki page and see what’s what. I don’t always glean a great deal from these searches, but then again, sometimes I do. That is precisely what happened…

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    A few weeks ago I attended an event that featured a living legend: Cloris Leachman. There was a short documentary, followed by a Q & A with Ms. Leachman, led by Sharon Lawrence. It was kind of amazing.…

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    Okay. After very little sleep Monday night, and waking too early yesterday morning, I found myself dragging. Sleeping in a broken a/c, hot box of a house will do that. When I did get up yesterday, I immediately…

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    When I was a kid, living with my great-grandparents, conditioned air was nowhere to be found. There wasn’t so much as a window unit in the bedroom where 6 of us slept (no lie). In the heat of…

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    Too – hot. Must – get – butt – in – pool…