Since I was very small, I’ve had a big imagination. Until I was a teenager I was an only child, so imagination was a great playmate. I created stories in my head and acted them out. Sometimes I acted out plays with my dolls or my miniature people in the doll house I had. The …
Tea. It’s a mysterious drink. As a little kid, tea meant “iced tea” (or as we called it in Texas, Ice Tea.) People drank coffee or ice tea. I wasn’t aware of the concept of hot tea until childhood was behind me. When I think of what I missed! Even when I reached the teen …
Another glorious tea time at St. James Tearoom today. What a thoroughly delightful place!
Not many, really. When your oxygen supply is cut off panic sets in. Then, depending on what’s preventing you from taking a breath of air, you consider what you can do to change things. When little kids want to punish their parents, they sometimes hold their breath. Fortunately, most parents know that the little buggers …
Well, in this case, they are free! Every family needs a good dog, don’t they? That’s what I’ve heard anyway. I’ve had a few dogs in my day and loved every one of them madly. Had better luck with some than with others. These days, we aren’t set up in our location to house a …
I don’t enjoy bad weather. That’s not unusual, I suppose, although I do know people who get all charged up about thunder and lightning. (Yes, Paula, I mean you!) But I don’t think anyone in Albuquerque today could be said to have enjoyed the rotten wind, blowing sand, and distribution of pollen we’ve endured. There …
Have you ever considered writing your life story? I don’t necessarily mean for sale and publication, although there are many people doing just that these days. I’m thinking more of what the process might mean to family after you’re gone. A dear friend of mine volunteers for a hospice group, and one of her duties …
When I was little, my parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles impressed upon me at every opportunity that I must “be careful.” This included (but was not limited to) looking both ways before I crossed the street. They assured me that in a head-on battle with an automobile, I was guaranteed to lose, with the only …
