“Is that a Girl Scout song, Mom? Because those are the songs you seem to remember best.”
“Is that a Girl Scout song, Mom? Because those are the songs you seem to remember best.”
On Sunday mornings I try to sleep late — which means 8:00 a.m., if the stars are in alignment. By stars I mean the brothers (who are known to crawl into our bed around 5:00 a.m. and invariably suction themselves to me), the husband (who must be willing to respond to the woofing dog who [...]
Continuing my kick of including archival photos in this week’s posts, here is a shot that illustrates “back to school.” It was taken in Anaheim, CA in 1915, and that’s my bespectacled 15-year-old maternal grandma, Lorene, right smack in the middle of a bunch of classmates. She ended up attending the University of Denver, as [...]
The winds of change are blowing strong. This election season, the people of this country will put into office either the first African-American president or the first beauty queen, grandmother, moose killing creationist woman vice president. It is an exciting time to be an American. And while we have come so very far on a [...]
Quite by coincidence, Emily and I both wrote about Kansas on Monday & Tuesday. I’ve been meaning to post about my grandmother’s quilts anyway, and she was from – KANSAS. Not sure we can sustain this accidental theme all week, but three days in a row devoted to the Sunflower State ain’t bad. Did you [...]
Some MoB readers know that I travel for work. Not extensively but on average I find myself in another city every two weeks or so. It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because on the days that I am not traveling, I work from my home cave office which is incredibly convenient but incredibly [...]
My dad was born in a tiny dot on the map in Kansas, on September 7, 1924. Happy Birthday, Daddy! He’s the baby in this photo – one of the very few pictures from his childhood. Looks like the big brothers are propping the Humpty Dumpty baby up. His family’s life wasn’t exactly Little House [...]
We just finished the first week of school and the boys are off and running. The brothers are in third and fifth grades this year – both serious growing years in my opinion. Chase will become more of an independent learner and thinker. Third grade does that to a kid. Noah will mature in ways [...]
Labor Day is over and you know what that means. Thrift shops are open again! New old inventory! This makes me almost as happy as school being back in session. I’m a serious thrifter. I love old stuff, especially books and linens. I buy, sell, and occasionally keep what I find. It’s not my job, [...]
It’s been long enough. MoB is going politico. The above comes from one of the funniest and raunchiest (read R-rated) electronic greeting card websites out there today- someecards.com. It also has the benefit of being true. I keep asking myself: If John McCain selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate to win over the [...]