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I buy my cars. I leased once when my ex told me to, but alas, when the two years were up and I was 20,000 miles over the mileage limit (do not even ask me about it) and sixteen dings over the ‘return in perfect used condition limit,’ I realized I need to buy my cars. That said, I don’t keep them long. Maybe two years at the most. I was at a dinner the other night and this man was ...read more I have to start this review with the fact that everyone said not to bother seeing it; that the new Sex and the City was not as good as the first one and it’s a flop. So, after seeing it, I did go look at some of the reviews and shook my head in wonderment. If you have a man review a picture made purely for women (ok, and gay men), then you will never get an understanding of the ...read more My friend Maria was visiting me last week into Memorial Day weekend. On her first morning, she came upstairs and the following conversation ensued. “Can I use your ironing board and iron?” “Sure, if I had one, you could surely use it.” “You don’t have an ironing board?” “No.” “Do you have an iron?” “No.” “Really?” “It’s early Maria and not the time of day I make jokes. I do not have an iron or an ironing board. Do you find that odd?” She just looked at me like ...read more It’s here again. Memorial Day. I was talking to my Uncle Gerry last night and he asked me to take a moment today and think about the men (and women) who gave their lives for their country over the centuries. Yes, centuries. Uncle Gerry was in Korea, and while he doesn’t spend a lot of time talking about it, it clearly shaped much of his life. And, it took his hearing even though he pretends his hearing is fine, he’s partially ...read more For the last two years I have gotten up each morning at 2:00 a.m. and can’t go back to sleep until around four or five. I know that it is not good for me, but I don’t believe in drugs and really didn’t want to go there. So, I just made do. When I moved last month to the new place, I took the fabulous Luke (my Nova Scotian Duck Toller) to his babysitter for a few days so he wouldn’t ...read more In a meeting at work yesterday, a laptop was plugged in under the board room table. The guy whose computer it was asked a co-worker to “unplug me.” Because we are all curious minds at work, that led to a conversation about whether or not you would want the plug pulled if you were a vegetable. Everyone said they absolutely would. I, on the other hand, being of sound mind and body sometimes, and honest in my approach to those I work ...read more I smoked on and off for twenty years. I loved my cigarettes. “Merit Ultra Lite please. One carton.” I smoked a lot. Two to four packs a day. I really didn’t like those people who could join you for a cigarette when you were having drinks, and then they went home and didn’t smoke another cigarette for a week. It’s in the genes or not, and I hate that about my genes. Give me one cigarette and I’m hooked. One ...read more So, Freesia Lane is a year old today. Yikes. Happy Birthday to me. My goal was to write it for a year to get me writing on a daily (minus the weekends) basis and to see if I could find a voice before doing my book that has been marinating in the back of my head for a long, long time. So, because I’m a maudlin, weepy-eyed kind of woman, I was thinking about how Freesia Lane came to be and what ...read more Not that I have a TV problem mind you, but I came to realize that living alone, I do turn on the TV when I get home at night. I have talked to other single home dwellers who say they do the same thing. It’s company. But, if I sit down to watch, I can sit there all night. Or an entire weekend afternoon. And, what’s with me watching the same movies over and over again? Can we talk about ...read more Friday night I went to the Eagles Concert at the Hollywood Bowl with two friends from the office. Had I known what was involved in getting into, upward toward and through the bowl, I would have worn the right shoes and gotten a map. It’s a hike for someone like me who considers the trek to and from the office elevator something that calls for sustenance first. But, here is the thing. Planning an entire season without much worry for the ...read more |
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