Day thirty. Honestly, the systematic, ordinal nature of this exercise has made it really easy and fun. I’ve actually looked forward to writing most if not all of these entries. …
I have been racking my brain as to how to deliver a short, lazy entry for a letter for which most of my audience has no context. Enter YouTube. _________…
Although in a way both the Ch and the Ll in Spanish have been demoted as full letters and their words are featured in the dictionary mixed in with the…
Bet you’re wondering if I’m stumped for my letters theme for April 27 through 30th. I mean, the alphabet ended yesterday– at least the English alphabet did, what with its…
Sometimes we need to be told we belong; or that we’re good enough; or that we’re loved, liked, accepted. Sometimes all we need is a nice change of pace. Sometimes…
One of the hallmarks of motherhood is the fact that it gets tricky. And not even when you would expect it –crying babies and sick babies and projectile vomiting notwithstanding–…
You know what annoys me? The fact that in every child’s ABCs book, no one can figure out something truly clever or educational for the letter X. True, xylophones are…
Right now there is not much going on. But there is the warm evening glow of the sun,soon to be asleep for another day. Right now there is not much…
You know what’s a funny word? Vintage._________ I mean, vintage these days means anything. Once it meant something to do with grapes (Vitis vinifera) and then with the yield of…
Today I’ve had an all-out gardenfest, and it’s been great. I missed spring and my garden and the ability to just watch my own things grow. I drove Monsieur Meow…
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