The guidelines
My daughter and her husband celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary last week. She gave him a ball cap. He gave her monogrammed napkins. Cotton is the theme for second anniversary…
Swan song
This is my laptop’s swan song—its final project before I put it out to pasture, before it rides off into the sunset, before I erase its memory and fold the…
Oh, deer
Last Sunday afternoon, I dropped in on my in-laws for a surprise visit. On the drive over, I said to myself, “Self, you should have called first. No way will…
1-4-3
I have seen many Google Doodles, but, until last Thursday, had no idea they had a name. A Google Doodle is the daily, ever-changing, interactive picture or design or video…
Plane things
Giant drops of rain poured on Chicago from the tail-end of storms. Midway is the most exciting of airports, but they’ve made improvements since the last time I connected there.…
Gone for-ev-er
Well, I finally did it—did what I tried so hard not to do. I lost my sunglasses. I said “lost” rather than “misplaced” because there is a big—HUGE—difference between the…
Vacation perks
The sun faded into the horizon at 7:12 PM on Labor Day, proclaiming the unofficial end of summer at Goose Rocks Beach, Maine. About 20 minutes prior to the sun’s…
Dollars & sense
Direct deposit and I have an up and down relationship. You’ll never hear me complain when money mysteriously drops into my checking account. Yet, banks often assess penalties to those…
