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Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. ~Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame
Cypress Gardens Kodachrome Slide courtesy of http://www.shorpy.com Lately I’ve been pondering what it means to live life in fabulous Technicolor. I don’t think it is coincidental that there is a desire to replicate a time period represented in . . . → Read More: Live, Live, LIVE! Why is it that I can restore order to my husband’s dresser drawers only to come back 5 minutes later to put laundry away and discover they are in disarray again…and no one else is home but me so I can’t even blame it on him?? Anyone else have this phenomenon . . . → Read More: Why Is It? An ideal homemaker is devoted to the great career in which she is engaged. She is a professional in her field by being a homemaker every day and letting devotion and sense of duty, rather than her moods, dominate her. ~Daryl V. Hoole, The Art of Homemaking, 1967 I’ve had a sinus headache since yesterday afternoon. A . . . → Read More: Some Are Almosters You can’t be a man. Be a woman. It’s powerful business when done correctly.” ~Bobbie Barrett to Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Season 2 I always read the letters that are printed in the newspaper. One letter, in response to an article about Angelina Jolie’s new role in the movie Salt, really caught my attention and gave . . . → Read More: You Can’t Be a Man When The Mister and I lived in New Jersey, we drove out to California to visit our respective families. One evening, as I was helping my mother-in-law prepare dinner, she and my father-in-law started bickering about the sour cream. She accused him of adding something to it because it was all pink. He said he hadn’t . . . → Read More: It Expired Two Years Ago Image courtesy of http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php I became interested in issues related to “sustainability” about ten years ago when I decided I needed to get off of the trajectory I was on and lead a more simple life. Living simply has been very rewarding and has led to a great deal of personal and spiritual development as I . . . → Read More: My Share I’ll admit that I don’t usually read the “Home” section of the Los Angeles Times. The articles are usually about how some rich entertainment person destroyed a perfectly good mid-century home by “updating” it. The articles leave me depressed. But, there is a preservation column in it that I will often read because it focuses on . . . → Read More: Experts Say As a food pyramid eater, I was a grazer. It seemed like I was never sated, even if I were stuffed from just eating. About a half an hour after eating a big meal, I would be hitting the vending machine for something sweet. Some nutritionists recommend eating six meals a day to keep keep sugar . . . → Read More: Three Square Meals A Day |
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