(with apologies to John Steinbeck) It’s hard to believe that Christmas was just over a month ago. It certainly feels like longer. Perhaps it’s because this January has been a month only a Bumble could love. Speaking of Bumble, George finally got his holiday snaps back from the drugstore (he’s old-school) and wants to share…
Month: January 2014
Music Monday Madness
We do love alliteration around here. Today’s ear wig courtesy of my son JSB and the FABulous Gloria Gaynor And now ladies and gentlemen. Put on your hot pants, sequined tube tops and roller skates for The REAL Gloria Gaynor.
Self Portrait
Everything is ready. The house is quiet. Her favorites on perpetual shuffle, turned down low. Coffee, just how she likes it. A taste and skill acquired over many months initially to be able to do something nice for her young adult daughter. The ever faithful and more importantly, silent supportive canine companion snoring in the…
Walk on the moon…
…win the lotto, become a saint, grow six inches (so width matches height), run the Boston Marathon in March, win the Pulitzer AND Nobel prize for literature, cure cancer, world peace. THERE! The perfectly unobtainable and therefore perfectly designed to fail and reaffirm every negative thought I’ve had about myself since discovering my boobs were…
Get it together man!
“Yeah, no shit!” ROTFLMAO (typical facebook or twitter reply) Then I started thinking about it. What exactly does having one’s shit together look like? Happy marriage? Financial freedom? Professional success? Physical fitness? Children off the pipe or the pole? Do I actually know anyone who has it together? Have I ever had it together? Sure,…
White Bean Chicken Chili – GF
Having all my chickens in the roost has prompted a plethora of kitchen activity over the Holiday Season. Cookies, candies, breads, soups, stews….we won’t discuss the mess. I have made several incarnations (Paula Dean, Giada De Laurentiis, Ree Drummond aka The Pioneer Woman) of Chicken Chili over the last few months, trying to find or…