My oldest daughter’s girl scout troop was tasked with making a diorama to remember a loved one on the upcoming Day of the Dead. To her father’s amazement and joy, Buttercup chose to honor his great-aunt Dot, who was the only “grandmother” he had as a youngster. My husband’s mother, Peggy, lost her own mother… Read more In Praise of Aunt Dot
I have a dentist appointment today. It’s just for a routine cleaning, but I suspect it will become more involved once they see the chip in my lower molar. The tooth is healthy, no cavities or anything, but my pernicious habit of grinding my teeth in my sleep is apparently causing some of them to… Read more Tooth? You Can’t Handle the Tooth.
I don’t consider myself to be unreasonable, but shouldn’t you READ a book before you review it … especially if you are going to give it a snark-filled, snide, condescending one-star review? This is on my mind, since I recently received a vicious one star review of The Jezebel Effect based on the pseudo-reader’s ire… Read more The One Star Angst
On this day in 1537 Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, gave birth (not by cesarean section) to a little boy who would briefly rule England as Edward VI. He became the boy-king at the age of nine when his father passed away in January of 1547, and after some squabbling for power Edward’s… Read more Edward VI