Before dinner this evening, I went to drinks with my BFF. Sitting behind her was a young-ish couple — they were both on the same side of the table, and they were facing me. She was blonde and of slight build, while he looked scruffy and mountaino…

One of the best things about the open road is the mind-clearing that comes from it. At least for me. On my journey, there are many indicators that I’m getting farther away from my norm. Signs that say aircraft overhead are on patrol. Increased spe…

I felt about twice my age tonight. Not wanting to go anywhere, as tends to be my usual M.O. on weekends, I decided to do something I haven’t done in a long time. I knew I had a couple of them in the house — completely new — that I bought a Chris…

Credit card companies are good at making us believe that we can get something for practically nothing. You have to use the card to get something back when, in reality, we often end up with less than we had to start with. It’s sort of like the idea…

So last night’s 11:07 post from my Blackberry never made it to Posterous. Thumbs down. I knew it was delayed, so since I was desperate for bed, I instead composed a Facebook note to meet my daily midnight deadline and posted in that manner. It had…

There are some things that you can find no words for. You hear about something or someone or someplace, and you wish there was some way to express the trillion and one thoughts that immediately flood your head. There are so many that it feels like…

I took a field trip to Staples today during lunch. Needing a few items for the home office, I looked things up online, made sure they were in-stock and, even though I assumed I’d get there and they’d somehow manage to be out of everything I wanted…

If you’ve never grilled fruit, I highly recommend it. I’ve grilled many a peach, apricot, plum, apple and grape. The grapes and apples I prefer over a salad, ideally accompanied by a bit of blue cheese, while the others I like as a dessert. I’ve n…

I feast fairly regularly on a hearty diet of Food Network and Cooking Channel. With the exception of that weird Baron Ambrosia program I’ve not yet been able to embrace, there really isn’t a show that I won’t watch. Earlier today, I was watching R…

Robert Frost said he could sum up life in three words: “It goes on.” Sometimes we think it won’t, but if we hang in there, we let a day play out and wake up the next morning to find a new one ready for us. Sometimes we think it couldn’t possibly g…