Just For Fun Friday 09/27/13
Some things are the same the world over…. Bangkok Hong Kong
Signs of the Times
Remember the Virginia Slims ads that proclaimed “You’ve come a long way, baby”? Well, we have progressed a lot. When I was pregnant in 1970, I was a clerk for a school district. Up to that point, teachers were given maternity leave but not administrative workers. I received the first maternity leave allowed for that group of employees. Come to […]
Just For Fun Friday 09/13/13
It’s Friday the 13th! Were you tempted to stay in bed today? Do you have Paraskavedekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th, or Triskaidekaphobia…the fear of the number 13? Oh my – this isn’t YOUR year, is it? If not that, do you have a different fear? Billy Bob Thornton claims to be afraid of […]
The Older We Get
“When I was a child, I thought as a child.” Remember thinking our parents had it easy? They could sleep late if they wanted to, could eat whatever they wanted, and didn’t have any worries, any pressures. We couldn’t wait to grow up. I had a sheltered childhood. My parents had great confidence in me, […]
Giving Credit
My son, who is as focused on music as I am on writing, chastises me about not knowing what singers are in which band, who wrote or performed my favorite music, and other things like that. I am lucky to remember the NAME of the song, much less all that other information. I am purely […]
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