I remember watching Moonstruck many years ago, with its stunning, jaw-dropping moon that hung like a brilliant disk in the night sky. It was the perfect touch in a quirky film populated by eccentric characters, as they pieced together their unusual love lives. But once in a blue moon (if we’re lucky), the stars seem […]
Rest, Recreation, and Flying Foxes
A day for a little of this and a little of that, catching up on things that have been set aside, and a few discoveries on the Internet. One of those intriguing tidbits? Flying foxes. Well, flying fox bats, that is, with a wing span of six feet! This was a random Internet “find” courtesy […]
An Unplanned Day
Now and then, an unplanned day “just happens.” Here are a few moments from mine. A lovely walk through an old city neighborhood, wandering into an area with street vendors a-plenty, gazing at their colorful, handmade wares, people out of doors enjoying an end of summer day. While I managed to pass on the tattoo […]
Martians?
Thrilled about the Martian landing? (No, not here. There. You know. The Red Planet!) Are you planning on tuning in to CNN tonight – late – or to NASA? What’s not to love about pure science? Space exploration in search of life? And to Mars at that? All sarcasm aside, I am still enamored of […]
Damage Control
Ever wake up to a passel of problems – not of your making? I could chalk up the recurring rumblings to Murphy’s Law. I could surrender any and all ambitions (delusions?) I stubbornly retain about refashioning my life, and become my Truest Secret Self: an eccentric Hat Lady-Cat Lady, but one with great shoes, natch. […]
Mystery Photos (Summer Sonnet)
I. Where’s Waldo in this picture? Not the point. But mystery photos here, for now, abound. It couldn’t be that Wolfie blew this joint! But where on Earth might little Wolf be found? Right here right now as always, I will say. My keyboard and my cell phone are not far. You know I dreamed […]
Heralded Historian Talks Guillotine and Bastille Day
14 July 2012, Just In. Reports are coming in of an unplanned encounter between vacationing journalist, Lola La Chaussure, and heralded historian, Docteur Louis LeBrun of La Sorbonne. The impromptu meeting allegedly took place just hours ago in the Café de Paris on Las Olas Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wherein the two struck up […]
Don Draper Dreams
“I want less mess around here,” he says. “And that means less stuff. We’re selling this place, and we’re living more simply.” Not the words I expect from Don Draper, and I wonder how it is that I’m witness to this private conversation. Well, somewhat private. It’s a small guestroom in a part of the […]
Mini Monster
Ah, the Big House. The one that drove me (and no doubt the neighbors) crazy for… let’s see… 12 months? 18 months? Oh, it was a seemingly endless period of time as the noise, mess, and general disturbance was unavoidable. Daily. Then there was the nail in my tire requiring (expensive) repair – hardly the […]
Reading Rituals
Wild plots. Heroes with superpowers. Gadgets, get-ups, gizmos… Does anything go, if it gets our kids to read? I recall summers as a time for unwinding – at least in some measure: a little sun, a little swimming, no commitments that were too trying for the gray matter. But there was room for reading – […]