Well, THAT didn’t take long.
Our lovely Kitsap county library system cut back on everything at the beginning of this year. Hours are shorter, and get this, they now charge late fees if you don’t return a book by some arbitrary date spewed out by, of all things, a computer. (2001 was [...]
I was never one of those people who HAD to try skydiving. The thought even now makes me want to barf. I did have some thrills backpacking, kayaking, scuba diving and even helicoptering into the wilderness.
Being home all the time on a little island with a 4 year old person and [...]
Once you’ve earned a certain number of grey hairs, gained a certain amount of wisdom from years of stupid experiences, then and only then, do you have the annual joy of……giant plates flattening your boobs, with an audience (who has no sense of humor but a big wad of chewing gum). Okay, it’s possible [...]
noun:
1. A petty falsehood; a fib.
2. Pretentious nonsense.
Mr B did not tell a whopper. This was no fib, plumper, porker or tarradiddle. There was definitely no deceit, mendacity or fabrication.
– “Looking back”, Western Mail, May 11, 2002
Tarradiddle is of unknown origin.
First off, note that this is NOT a verb. I know, I know, you [...]
I’m in withdrawal. (I almost wrote withdrawl, but I’m not writing about Texas today.)
No Golden Globes award show this year. Sniff, sniff. Hey. Not kidding.
Yes, I support the Writers’ Guild of America. I even have friends a friend in the Guild. Heck, I once worked at the Guild (not [...]
Given my grumpiness lately and Kid’s around-ness with winter break, I recently decided to check out Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful by Louise Ames. It’s part of a child development series of books (Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month-Old, Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender, etc.). They may be somewhat dated, but [...]
When I am grumpy and the house is getting trashed by my crazed midget (Kid), going out looms as a necessary choice for the continued existence of certain household lifeforms (and we’re not talking fungus, either).
Here are a few online Bainbridge Island, WA resources that I frequently check to see what’s going on [...]
