“I weep for the future.” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Directed by John Hughes – 1986 Let me just say this: I am not without sin. I make spelling mistakes. I make grammar mistakes. I make past-participle…
Just Go With It
Have you ever walked down a street or through a store, and caught sight of someone wearing the same, let’s say, jacket as you, and you think to yourself, “Hey! She’s wearing the same jacket as me! And…
The Phantom Tollbooth
Yesterday I visited my young friend, Kyli, in the hospital. I wanted to bring her something other than a stuffed animal. Something other than a game. Then it came to me. I would bring her one of my…
Lost & Found
I went digging in a cupboard a few days ago, looking for thread. Boy, did I find some. Late last year, I had started embroidering an old pair of jeans. You know, giving them some spit and…
Crack Bacon
My cousin Shady was telling me about something that recently happened on-set. (He’s an actor.) It had nothing to do with well-known actors. It had everything to do with well-known food. Apparently the craft services for that…
Be the Buffalo
A couple of years ago, I read about Wilma Mankiller (1945 – 2010), the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in these United States. Ms. Mankiller told of how during storms, cows flee as fast and…
Gagnon Cellars Wine
Mister and I spent the weekend in Temecula, CA. We were volunteering at our friends’ wine tasting events. These were their first big shindigs, and we wanted to help. Gagnon Cellars is a boutique winery, started several…
You Just Never Know
I was at a stoplight in Hollywood. Hollywood & Highland, to be precise. And there was Hollywood Elmo, on his way to work. Maybe Elmo’s got a family. Maybe Elmo’s got bills. You just never know. No…
Maui Wowie Salad
Years ago, Mister and I were at a restaurant on the island of Maui. I can tell you, from memory, quite a bit about that meal. And everything I could tell you would qualify as food porn.…
Goodbye, Bender
He wasn’t supposed to make it. He was abandoned as a pup, in the cruel, dry desolation of the desert. The fact that he was found by a living soul was a miracle. The fact that he…