Gray chilly days make me nostalgic (who am I kidding, most anything will make me wax poetic about something in my past), and I just came across this picture of my grandmother in her Charm School circa late 1950s. Yes, I wrote "Charm School." My mother's mother, Julia but "Gam" to us, was the owner … Continue reading The Charm of Yesteryear
Category: Inside the Shell
Nego, nego, nego
This is a popular phrase often uttered by my mother, who truth-be-told is an eternal optimist (often infuriatingly so). It's her standard response whenever she hears negative thoughts coming from her children, and it has spread its influence to the in-law branches of the family tree. Sometimes I cringe when I hear it (or even … Continue reading Nego, nego, nego
The more things change, the more they remain the same
This was the title of my SAT essay, written on a balmy Saturday in a steamy CT classroom way back in 1985. How do I actually remember the content of that essay? I've never forgotten it because I've always seen it as a theme to my life. Perhaps I didn't fully realize this, though, until … Continue reading The more things change, the more they remain the same
Nobody likes me, Everybody hates me…
Think I'm gonna go and eat worms. Ok that little childhood ditty is pretty gross, but my husband was just teasing me with it as I was complaining about one person after another not responding to me electronically. Colleagues, friends, moms of my kids' friends. This is a huge pet peeve of mine... I don't … Continue reading Nobody likes me, Everybody hates me…
I just saw Carol Burnett in the mirror
I just had a pre-senior moment. Getting out of the shower with my cute gathered shower cap on, a sideways glance in the mirror stopped me dead in my tracks. Give me a mop and bucket and there I am, a cartoon-inspired Carol Burnett cleaning up during the credits. Only those readers in their 40s … Continue reading I just saw Carol Burnett in the mirror
Backing Up Your Life
As I'm spending hours this afternoon watching the little gray bar ease its way across my computer archiving five years of magazines I produced, I feel a bit like I'm paging through an old scrapbook. My professional goal today is to load up this 2 terrabyte drive with every bit of design work I've done … Continue reading Backing Up Your Life
By the Numbers
Today is 10-11-12, a sequential masterpiece of the calendar that gives me hope that other cogs in the wheels of my life will line up just as perfectly. With numbers as with words, I'm always searching for the inner meaning, which can be sort of annoying at times and definitely doesn't always work out as … Continue reading By the Numbers
What’s in a name?
A lot if the amount of time I spent pondering the name of my new blog is any indication. But then, of course, I am "name-obsessed," according to my fifteen-year-old daughter. She dubbed me with this moniker last week when I was complaining about the name of some app if I remember correctly. Yes, I … Continue reading What’s in a name?
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