…. or maybe not enough. Enjoy these profound questions from “Parade” magazine, a journal of erudition. The city of Toledo, Ohio, is urging its residents to lose weight to the tune of one million pounds. With that much weight exiting our planet from such a small location, could it alter the Earth’s orbit around the [...]
You know you’ve done a good job parenting when your kids are more creative (and generous) than you are with their gift-giving. But how does the word “generous” fit with the idea of “30 cheap dates,” you may ask. Read on. The first creative gift of the day was our gift to Wesley, our bachelor [...]
Yesterday my husband baked our weekly loaf of bread; we’ve been shaking our heads ever since. Don’t you think it needs dentures?
“Get a picture of Bob! Quick!” “Who’s Bob?” “There he is!” My kids were driving south from Whistler to Squamish at the end of a memorable vacation day in British Columbia. They’re both adults now… living 2,000 miles apart… so being together in a car is rare. And of course Andrea was being Andrea. “Huh?” [...]
With apologies to Miss Nolt (9th grade English), I just gotta say it: me got shang-hai’ed. Not “I was” or “I am.” Flat-out “me got” is the best way to say it. And my creative energy is suffering because of it. I sat down to do something creative. On my bulletin board hangs a clip [...]
Here’s a chuckle for your day that came in my email. I should have figured it out sooner. It’s the shampoo I use in the shower. When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body. Printed very clearly on the shampoo label it reads, “FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY.” I have gotten [...]
Ninth grade was Andrea’s year to be a star. We returned to Delaware County, PA, so the kids could continue classes at the school they’d left 18 months earlier. Andrea earned a coveted spot in the Knight Tones, an elite ensemble in the concert choir. When she shopped for a little red dress for her [...]
The story of Andrea’s costumes continues… In elementary school, Andrea dressed in Colonial garb for several school reports. In fifth grade, her teacher declared she had a future as a Williamsburg guide after her convincing performance as a milliner. When American Girl dolls became the rage, she entered a competition to have a doll named [...]
Today’s segment of “Andrea’s Phenomenal Costumes” is the “ballerina” era. But don’t think that Andrea limits herself to just one thing. She explores her options all the time, especially when it comes to costumes. She loves shopping at thrift stores or scrounging through drawers and closets to recycle t-shirts and pieces of cloth into something [...]
