George Bailey, a character with whom I always sympathized. My dad once told me, when I was about 12 years old, that I, like George, was also “born older.” I just know I, too, thrilled at the sight of that huge piece of luggage. Ralphie Parker, and the Bumpus’s dogs, and that lamp – 24…
Category: Wonder Women Posts
Evolution, with Tires
In high school and early college, I was a VW bug (new model). Small. Unassuming. Kind of cute, kind of perky, but not really overbearing, or particularly sexy. Nothing superlative, in a good or bad way. Not the best or the worst, safest or least safe, cutest or ugliest. People tended to like me, and…
Gasp
I Didn’t Vote. This is bad. I always vote. Except sometimes, when you don’t get t.v. stations, or the local paper, or work in the local area, you don’t realize that it’s voting day. Until 10pm on voting day, when you catch up on Wonder Women and turn with a furrowed brow to your political…
Who Died and Made My Stomach the Boss?
Like Rin and M, I cannot deny my tendency to hibernate when unwell. I also can’t add much to their thoughtful and funny observations, so I’m going to talk about another tendency that we humans have when we’re not feeling up to snuff . . . and it has to do with food. So, which…
DUM dumdum DUM dumdum
**The Wonder Women discovered today that they lost a sorority sister this week. Too young, too soon. Send uplifting thoughts to a small wee family in Lynchburg, Virginia that lost a mommy, wife, and daughter. If you will.** Sing along with me now: Wicky wicky wicky wicky wicky wick bamWicky wicky wicky wicky wicky wick…