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 …
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 …
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 …
MRS. PIGGLE WIGGLE
Have you met her? She might be living in your neighborhood, that is if you can spot a little brown upside down house in a …
SEMANTIC CONTAMINATIONS
We’ve all heard them. We’ve all accepted them as norma“I’m honing in on my college choices”.“Let’s hone in on vacation plans”. “He honed in on …
HAIR OBSESSION
After blogging about my red hair and seeing the reactions, I began to realize how much of my life has been focused on my hair. …