Category: Ramblings

What sometimes triggers us to be less than we can be?  Occasionally I am in the middle of a conversation with a friend or a neighbor when I realize I have said something that shouldn’t have been said.  Maybe I shared some news that wasn’t mine to tell, or made a judgement that was unfair…

If ever in my younger life anyone had told me I would become a snowbird after retirement, I would not have believed them for a minute.  Firstly, I wouldn’t have known what a snowbird was.  I remember an aunt and uncle that travelled to Mexico every winter and my uncle taught English as a second…

I knew it was time to go on a diet when I was watching a documentary on television about boxing – why was I watching boxing?? No idea – something was over and I was obviously too tuned out to look for something new.  During my tired stupor staring at the screen, I heard the…

I think the word is Yiddish, and I am not sure how it came to be part of the culture of my community of Foam Lake.  But here, tchotchke is a word that is often used to describe “stuff”.  We have all spent a lifetime compiling and collecting “stuff.”   As an old broad, I have…

Friends are really the sprinkles on the sundae.  They make our days more fun and add so much joy at every stage of life. Having those close friends that see us at our worst and still love us are a precious gift. My “friend” poster says, “Hard times will always reveal true friends.” I agree,…

Evidently, I have developed a potty mouth. Not the extreme words that make you cringe when you happen to overhear them in a public place, or the fowl expletives that can arise when you hit your head on the cupboard door, but words that are indelicate and offensive to the pure at heart. I am…