“Everybody forward and back!” A banjo picks up the Virginia Reel that will take our class on to new heights of social cooperation and gender tolerance. If you can get a fifth grade boy to take a fifth grade girl’s hand for even that one small moment of sashay, you have achieved a major accomplishment….
Death of a Champion Part 2
So Tuesday I limp home, and start looking for mechanics. I call hubby to report. He’s taking it in first thing in the morning himself. I’ve been fired from mechanical maintenance. Wednesday, the car is repaired by a man whose name I cannot even pronounce, let alone spell, for a “good deal”. Fine. We team…
Death of a Champion Part 1
It is such a good thing that I hedged my bets and stayed home today. As you know, I took our Suburban in Monday for an oil change. I go to the dealership because they also go over the whole car, hoping to find other things wrong and therefore get to keep it for a…
Victoria’s Victorian Secret
I blame Victorian Magazine for starting me down the path of misguided inspiration. Back in our Diaper Days, I bought one just to admire a living room that wasn’t covered in toys and spit up. It called to me like a siren to a drifting sailor. Not a single thing in that period of my…
First Things First
My daughters went onto Facebook and played “Which Disney Princess Are You?” I can tell you which one I am immediately: Dory. Yes, the natural blue who didn’t recognize the sharks for what they were but had enough empathy, trust, and enthusiasm for the whole ocean. You will notice how many times she should have…