What’s missing from this picture? Look carefully, this is our driveway in the middle of the night: What’s missing? Here’s the story: Last night, back pain, tossing and turning watching the clock: midnight, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00. You know how that goes? 3:20 – I hear an engine idling in the driveway. Must be the paper…

This is story about my middle child. Once upon a time, as a little one at McDonald’s, she had a thought. If I can breath through my mouth and breath through my nose, and suck though my mouth, I can probably suck through my nose. Can you picture the next step? Yes she shoved the…

The older I get the more practice I get moving on after accepting those “oh well” moments. Not a bad thing. We had twofer tickets to see the Producers tonight. I really thought I needed some therapeutic belly laughs, but some poor soul has needs greater than chuckles. There’s a “distraught woman” perched on the…

I found this lovely quote from the Talmud today. Believe it or not I had never heard it before. Must have spent too much time in Catholic School. But its simple message quieted my distraught knitting soul: Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, “Grow, grow.” I’m off with…

I'm one of those people who can live a long time just putting up with things, get to the end of my rope and reach the point of ENOUGH, goodbye, I don't need this. Examples in my past include a place of employment and a major relationship. Not a bad thing, it's how every attempt…

Here are some updates: Six feet later: Erika suggested I give a rating for recent gross posts. This update is rated I for icky. Is that how you spell it? Icky? Ikky? No matter how you spell it it's pretty gross. An update to recent news that four running shoe clad feet have washed up…

This is my electric can opener. I bought it in about 1975 for $3 at the Richman Gordman Half Price Store when I lived in Omaha. I's been on one counter or another for over 30 years. Recently, one of my kid's friends commented "Oh, it's a can opener. All these years I thought you…

File this one in you can teach an old dog new tricks. This is a Flickr badge of our past week, which included both high school and undergrad commencements, although one was conspicuously sans graduate. Click on one of the wee tiny pictures and get an enlargement. Some of what you'll find: 1. Close but…

More everyday questions. How does the pain medication know what part of the body to go to? I know the science behind it, but the manufacturers assume people don't or else they wouldn't spend so much developing different boxes for the same item. Read the labels on certain brands of over the counter pain tablets,…

How does toothpaste know it's night time? I recently bought a pack of toothpaste and found one tube was labeled for daytime use and the other for nighttime. I read the ingredient list and they were identical. Being the rebel I am I reversed the recommended regimen and my teeth don't seem confused. Questions from…