I don’t commit to resolutions. I’m lousy at it. When I try for something easy…well it’s just too easy. When it’s something hard, I can talk my way out of it by the end of January. Like Lent, resolutions are a promise; a promise to either to ‘give up’ or, do something good…[in my day,…
Category: Musing
In Praise of A Niece
Our niece came to visit this weekend. She was the first! My first niece, the first grandchild….And, there was a brief time, back when she was very small and I was much younger and unmarried, when she almost lived in my back pocket. We would take rides in my TR Spitfire, top down, her little…
WITNESS
No, not the movie, although it was good. I recently completed a deposition for a lawsuit. The attorney we are working with said, “Just witness. Don’t defend or explain.” Ah, sort of like Queen Elizabeth II. A very middle of the road keeping type of advice. Offend no one. The idea is that witnessing is…
PRACTICE
When our girls were very small, going on their first trick or treat run around the neighborhood we ‘practiced’ in the mudroom. One would knock on the inside door and say, ‘trick or treat’. I’d open the door greeting them. Then we’d try again. We ended the session when Bayley knocked on the door and…