Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
A few weeks ago, I published a post about Random Thoughts, one of the attributes mentioned on the tag line. Life Lessons is also mentioned in that tag line. Well, the past few weeks have given us all the opportunity to learn more about ourselves. Many people have written about these lessons, about what they’ve... Continue Reading →
All the stores identified as offering groceries around here, Costco, Stop & Shop and Target are allowing people 60 years old and older the chance to shop early in recently stocked and disinfected stores. Disinfected, perhaps, but stocked is a misnomer, as many shelves remain as bare as they have been for weeks. However, by... Continue Reading →
The tag line. Of this blog. Up there, it includes “random thoughts.” Originally, it contained “randome” thoughts. The Word Press theme editor didn’t have spell checking nine years ago. I know how to spell “random” but sometimes, keys get in the way of my fingers and I end up with extra letters at the end... Continue Reading →
It’s time for Linda G. Hill’s world-famous Stream of Consciousness Saturday exercise, and today we have an example of what happens when you don’t follow the rules. Linda asks us not to plan too much. I bent that rule by deciding on the underlying topic ahead of time (see title). Linda threw me a curve... Continue Reading →
Between the low temps and the gray skies, it’s been a good few days to find good work inside. One of the things I’ve been doing is organizing photos. That job is every bit as tedious as it sounds. I’ve been at my desk on cloudy days and I’ve been sharing my desk on sunny... Continue Reading →
I've mentioned before that my paternal grandmother (Sita in Syrian) would say that everything bad was the worst thing ever. In her broken English, that became wors' t'ing. Some famous ones have been mentioned before - dog in house - kiss on mouth, but one recently came to mind as I was writing the post... Continue Reading →
Last week, I visited the Connecticut River Museum, in Essex, CT. You’ll hear more about this visit, and you’ll see some doors in the near future, but today, I’m focused on the entry process. I arrived at the museum shortly after it opened. The very nice lady at the desk asked me if I qualified... Continue Reading →
The weekend before Christmas, I stopped into a local supermarket to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. As I was making my way past the meat counter, a man stopped me. There was water on the floor. The situation was dangerous. Liability was in the air. The man was in charge of the... Continue Reading →
Let me give you a brief update on Monday’s rant. Black Friday deals are still arriving in my inbox and Cyber Monday has morphed into Cyber Week. The only change worth noting was the arrival of a slew of emails urging me to participate in “Giving Tuesday” – I guess this is sort of the... Continue Reading →
