A Word Aptly Spoken

Odd is a word we often use and we use it in various ways.   odd one out,  odd ball,  odd numbers  odd squad odd lot odd duck odd jobs odd socks odd fellow and the very famous Odd Couple Dictionaries offer several definitions that adequately explain those usages above and the word all by […]

I have a cautionary tale for you. It comes with an alert at the end so stick with it. It starts with a terrible week and a half and ends with this writing.  I went to Florida for a few days last week to visit Dad.  Bernadette, his partner, wasn’t feeling well.  She told me […]

Anyone who knows me or who takes a quick look through the topics of this blog will know one thing for certain about me.  I hate February.  I’ve written enough about that and won’t subject anyone to that topic right now.  February is the low point of the year for me because it is the […]

Yesterday I wrote a post called “Two Kinds” and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It was, I hope obviously, a bit tongue in cheek. There are never only two in anything! The world is just not black and white — there are hundreds of shades of grey! (not just 50) And, I wouldn’t […]

Many ways have been offered up for figuring out human beings. Are you type A or type B? (And everyone understands the question). There are studies and tests to determine what Enneagram you are, what personality type you have in the Myers-Briggs profiles, which of the Big Five Personality Traits you have (a new one to […]

In November I had the opportunity to get to know a wonderful young man better.  I first met him at my niece’s wedding when he was dating my other niece, the bride’s sister.  In November I got to spend some time with him during the few days we spent in Mexico for his wedding to […]

I enjoy giving gifts. No, it’s more than that.  I love giving them.  Throughout the year, but at no time more than Christmas, I get a thrill when I am going through a store or wandering a craft show and see something that will be perfect for a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance. […]

In December of 1999, I was getting ready to move into my new home. We moved the week of Christmas. Needless to say I wasn’t about to decorate a house for the holidays when I was in the middle of packing it up! In fact all of my holiday decorations were in a storage unit […]

This is the time of the year when so many good wishes and lovely thoughts abound.  Happy Thanksgiving!  Count your blessings!  Enjoy the time with family and friends just being thankful for each other. Happy Chanukah!  The festival of lights!  Seven nights of celebrating freedom and participating in joyous traditions.  Merry Christmas!  Feliz Navidad!  Joyeux […]

We often find that things aren’t as they seem.  Things in the mirror are closer than they seem.  Your eyes can deceive you.  In my case, it isn’t my eyes or a mirror deceiving me.  It’s my own mind.  There is a big dichotomy that has developed in the last few years between my mind’s […]