SWALLOW THAT FROG
When my sister got a part time job in the Biology lab in her first year of college, she brought home literal frog legs which …
SOFTER WORDS
I’m in the Physical Therapy office waiting for my husband, who has misplaced his ever present coffee mug, the one that attaches to his hand …
CELL PHONE OBIT
Out into the dazzling sunlight of a Virginia morning . I love mowing our lawn. It wears me out thoroughly and creates the illusion that …
The Common Cold
“Oh, it’s just an ordinary, garden variety head cold.” Really? Back to the Latin root. Ordinary. “Of the usual order”, “of a kind to …
IN THE GROCERY STORE
The clock is moving toward supper time. Looks like I spaced when reading my new soup recipe – it’s calling for spinach, lemon and scallions. …
Beautiful Soup
Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen, Who for such dainties would not stoop. Soup of the evening, Beautiful Soup. So …
FEBRUARY PERKS
Looks like we are 1/4 of the way through this pivotal month, with twilights stretching out and a warm breeze now and then. The Finnish …
I’M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN
Years ago, someone wrote a book with the above title. I never read it and have no idea what it was about. But the phrase …
THE POWER OF WORDS
Dashing into the store for a bottle of canola oil (just had to grab it for a favorite cookie recipe) I was stopped in my …
VIRGINIA SNOWSTORM
“We hardly ever get much snow down here”, they told us. Well, look out the window! Will we be blamed for bringing it with us …