I’m not comfortable touching a stranger’s sausage patty.  I actually pride myself in not being overly squeamish, but I’m not really looking to touch anybody’s sausage patty–they’re greasy, even slimy, by design. But the sausage patties were on my windshield, in the context of Egg McMuffin-like sandwiches, accompanied by several unopened packages of chocolate mini-donuts.…

Our new refrigerator* is almost a couple of weeks old.  This time with our new refrigerator has been wonderful. Not only is it lovely to have a working refrigerator so that I can eat fresh vegetables and yogurt and eggs without worrying obsessively about food poisoning, but it feels luxurious because we have so much…

“Are you serious?” I felt defensive as soon as Chad posed the question as we were watching the new Dr. Strange movie, but I quickly realized he wasn’t being snarky.  Chad was sincerely incredulous. Had I indeed once again mixed up the superheroes The Black Widow and The Scarlet Witch? Yes, yes I had.  My…

I was just sitting there, contentedly latch hooking away. I was not expecting any big feels. (That’s the whole point of doing latch hook–it’s calming and not very emotional, although I do sometimes get irritated when my yarn frays). And then, I heard a choir start to sing the hymn “Abide With Me.” I wasn’t…

I left my phone at Target.  I think I would have been happier if I had left my heart.  I’m surprised by how deflated I feel. Frustrated? Absolutely. Annoyed? Totally.  But I almost feel sad, which seems a little off base.  I don’t think I’m sad because I’m uber attached to my phone, but because this…

Once upon a time, there was a middle-aged amatuer actress who got to be in a local community theater production that was a comedic mash-up of Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales.  Our show (“The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” presented by Applause Community Theatre) incorporated many fairy tales, famous and obscure, but not my favorite fairy tale…because I…

“Hey there, Hot Stuff….Oh wait, that’s me.” me, as the Devil, in “The Brothers’ Grimm Spectaculathon“–catch a performance this Friday or Saturday! Yes, I have literally been hot stuff this last week–our central A/C is broken. And yes, this happened right before it got in the upper 90’s and has included yesterday, when the temperature…

As a kid growing up in rural Wisconsin in the seventies, there were elements to a wedding that seemed like a given, including: A reception filled with drunk happy guests, the dollar dance, and hearing “The Wedding Song” (by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame) featured in the service.  When Chad and I…

I want to blog, but I can’t. I’m too busy. I have to learn my lines and rehearse for the play I’m in that opens in less than two weeks. Okay, that’s too passive. Let’s try reframing that. I’m choosing not to blog because I’m prioritizing learning my lines for the upcoming play I’m in…

Sometimes time travel is possible.  I say this not as a geek, (although I proudly am one–just ask me about being a Dr. Who fan way before the Era of David Tennant) but as someone who recently experienced a random connection between objects separated by almost 40 years.  “Hey that’s my rose!” I said to…