Groovin' on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn't get away too soon I can't imagine anything that's better The world is our whenever we're together There ain't a place I'd like to be instead of Movin' down a crowded avenue Doing antying we like to do There's always lots ofthing that we can see You can be anyone we like to be All those happy people we …
I have three favorite songs. I usually refer to Poco's A Good Feelin' to Know (not even sure which version I go with as my fave - will let the readers help on that later.) It starts, "When I need good lovin', I always come home to you....". Richie Furay who wrote it and sang lead just gets it. Enjoy these lyrics: When I need good lovin' I always …
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I had never experienced this before and hope to never experience it again. We were driving upstate before the holiday weekend and were caught in a hailstorm. Suddenly, dark clouds, a sudden ever-increasing rain and then - pings. Small at first, then larger - bangs, thuds. Nowhere to pull off the highway. No underpass. Finally a small clearing on th …
I don't know where it was, or if it's real...but it was on Facebook so at least it's cause for hope. A blurb on Facebook posted that somewhere drivers can now be ticketed for sitting in the left lane and holding up traffic. I'm sure there will be those artery-blockers who won't understand why this is a good day for humanity, but the rest of u …
It is a rite of passage for a 16 year old to go down to DMV for that coveted driver’s permit. A day filled with excitement and anticipation. Imagine your horror when you go to look for your permit one day and realize it’s not there. Change scenes. Last week, my husband stopped at the local 7 Eleven for a cup of coffee. As he was walking up to th …
A recent article in the Sunday Times made me squirm. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, there is a growing movement on college campuses to provide “trigger warnings” to college students that the materials they are about to read might upset them. Given as examples of works that might, in the future, require warnings were “The Adventures of Huckleberry F …
Today is the Wimbledon men's finals. It is going on right now, in fact. The finalists are our two favorite players, Djokovic and Federer. Who to root for? I asked Eve, she said she has no favorite to win. I told her she had to. She said no, she is not rooting for either one over the other. What if I told you that you had to pick one or I w …
The first actual Independence Day took place on July 8th so we celebrate on the fourth. Go figure. Congress declared July 4th a national holiday 175 years later in 1941. Guess one of the politicians had a flag business and wanted to increase sales. Now we import over $3.6 million flags...most of them from China. Traditionally the 4th of July ha …
What do you write when you blog on the 4th of July? Do you go with trivia, trivial, practical, sentimental, clever? Before I go there, I must remark that I suppose it's good that the holiday falls on a Friday this year giving us a 3 day weekend and all. Personally, however, I like when it come on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, allowing you to c …
I may be a News Junkie and, if so, I'd like to consider going on a twelve-step program. I was raised listening to WCBS radio – "all news all the time" – while in the car. I now listen to NPR on both commutes to and from the office – generally when the news is on. My home feels like the periodicals room at the New York Public Library. I get news …
Did you allow yourself the full experience? Away on vacation with family, I convinced a bunch of people who weren't normally sports fans to go out to watch the U.S. World Cup soccer match versus Belgium in the knockout round. It was met with lukewarm interest, but they all came out with us. We were able to find a place to fit all of us at a t …
Last Wednesday, my daughter graduated from high school. It was a memorable night in our family but even more memorable for another local family. The speeches had ended. The principal and school board members had started the process of announcing each (and every) name and personally handing each of the 580 graduates a well-earned diploma. Midway t …
Last Saturday morning almost all of my family was out of the house by 8:00 a.m. Other than myself, the only other person left in the house was my sleeping daughter. I was essentially alone and had the whole house to myself. There was so much I could have gotten accomplished during that time. I could have answered emails, walked on the treadmill, cl …
This past winter I cleaned out our storage closet. Not only reorganized it, but got rid of stuff and made more room. It looked much cleaner and less cluttered. Not any more. Now it is filled with baby stuff. I never thought I would have to buy a stroller, high chair, car seat or portable crib ever again, not to mention a little sippy cup and …
