Aww, crap. I may be imagining it, but I think one of my smoke alarms just started beeping — the “My battery is almost dead” beep. First thought: Aw, crap. Second thought: I don’t want to have to drag the ladder inside and climb up to get to it. Third thought: I hope I have … Continue reading At least it didn’t start in the middle of the night
Need a good laugh? Check out the rant over at JavaQueen’s place. We all have bad days. We all rant. But nobody makes me laugh harder over her bad days than JQ. I take no pleasure in her misfortune, and I would never wish her to have a bad day. But the way she tells it … Continue reading Having a bad day, pookie? You’re not alone
What is it about music, anyway? Even if you aren’t currently in a music-loving stage of life, you probably have been. And certain songs evoke emotions we didn’t know we had, or remind us of things long forgotten, not to mention things we’d rather not remember. We all have memories that come back in a … Continue reading Music, memory, emotion weave unbreakable threads
Who doesn’t enjoy a good animal story? We get a lot of them around here, where the Rocky Mountains erupt from the Great Plains and thousands of new residents arrive every year. People and critters cross paths with great regularity. Walk very far into the foothills or any greenbelt (or even your own yard) and you … Continue reading Bold bear meets Boulder cow; apples saved
I rarely click on any of those millions of ads that show up unbidden on the Web, but this morning I really couldn’t help myself. It was a Cole Haan ad featuring a big, beautiful bright red hobo-style handbag, the kind I’ve been dreaming of for months. So I clicked. Such an innocent, easy thing to do … Continue reading Poverty, purses, and pythons, oh my!
Okay, so I’m a killjoy. But laws are laws and I’ve about stroked out this evening with all the fireworks being shot off all over my neighborhood. There are laws against fireworks within the city limits, but you wouldn’t know it if you lived on my street. I finally lost it tonight. Something was shot … Continue reading Fireworks in the neighborhood, so I called the cops
