I got two more Academy Award Nominees under my belt this weekend: “Frankenweenie” and “Les Miserables.” Two very […]
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Photo Friday: Living in Abundance
There’s plenty for everyone, even on a cold day in January.Just look around. Even on days when you […]
I’m not that big into rules. Can’t we just all get along? Doesn’t common sense prevail? What about plain old common courtesy? I guess not.
Here are some rules I saw posted above serve-yourself soda fountain at McDonald’s regarding refills:
- Refills allowed during one visit;
- No soda refills into specialty coffee cup;
- No refills into cups other than McDonald’s cups;
- No cold beverage refills into hot beverage cups;
- No hot beverage refills into cold beverage cups;
- No refills without purchase.
“Cider House Rules,” I say to Loved-One.
Photo Friday: Favorite Christmas Display
I love to drive around the neighborhoods and see all the Christmas light displays. When it comes down […]
We started with The Joeffrey Ballet’s, The Nutcracker, with two-year-old Bradaigh. Two years later, we added Emma. Each […]
Every day I have a chance to listen. But do I? Most days my mind travels off it […]
Maybe it’s because of all those Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales ads. Or Cyber-Monday e-mails for 70% off all my purchases. Maybe it’s just my long commute and plenty of time to let my mind wander. Maybe my friend Bob is right, I have a mind stuck in beta wave mode. Anyways, I’ve been pondering zero lately. Yes, zero, as in 0, nothing, zed, nil, nada, zilch. Without zero, our lives would be sooo different. No 70% discount for one thing.
Counting seems natural. We must keep track of things: children, sheep, shoes, pennies, friends, enemies… If I have none of those, well, life is simple; nothing to keep track of, nothing to count. Counting starts with 1, not 0. We take zero for granted, but it wasn’t always so, especially in the western world. Stop and think a moment about trying to calculate that 70% sale using Roman numerals. Next to impossible. Wait, not next to. Impossible.
Zero, nil, evil by ancient Greeks and Romans considered the void evil.
Photo Friday: Thanksgiving and Our Version of Black Friday
Oh what abundance I am blessed with: And then there’s Black Friday. Make that Chocolate Friday […]
I went to Costa Rica by accident. I mean, I knew nothing about Costa Rica, or why I wanted to go there. That was in 1992. A couple of years later I was in Africa, then the Yucatán Peninsula, and after that, a riverboat on the Amazon. I became a traveler well-after I became a mother of teens. How did I get so adventurous? How did I discover irresistible deals? Elizabeth.
I met Elizabeth at Riverside Plaza, the same building I met Cathy, my “redeployment specialist.” Cathy was there to cheer-lead me to a new career, and reassure me of my value. Elizabeth sent me off on my first international travel.
Yes, red is my favorite color. My roses are still trying their best to add to the fall […]