The Mistake on the Lake
The brain holds what it wants to hold. Sometimes I even mutter to myself, please save this one. Does anyone else do that? One of my earliest memories is of the…
Major Eye Candy
Isn't it time for a sexist blog from a woman?Meet Major Johnny Thompson, CO of the Balaclava Company, 5 Battalion,Royal Regiment of Scotland (also an intelligence officer), and the former…
Watergate Was Fifty F*&$*%ing Years Ago
I don’t know why I am thinking of Watergate this morning, other than Nixon’s low road spawned a sprawling culture of criminality in government. His abuse of presidential power had a…
It’s Not Too Late for a PIMMS & Lemonade!
Maybe one doesn't wear white after Labor Day, but drinking PIMMS & Lemonade? ABSOLUTELY! While editing Rain Dodging, I couldn’t help but notice how often I imbibed: Stopping at a quaint…
Ode to White Cloud
I was still in the throes of post-partum elation when my fashion designer husband and I got into White Cloud, my beloved 1957 Chevy, to attend a Beverly Hills “celebrity wedding,” the…
The Last Laugh?
https://youtu.be/zq2kk-L0150 "No person is above the law in this country." When Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland as a candidate for the Supreme Court in 2016, who could have imagined, ever,…
Helene Cixous, Take Two
Starting out my post-graduate studies, I never imagined that the 17th century would be my area of literary and historical focus. Initially, the poetry of the romantic period attracted me. The…
Rock-Paper-Scissors
Wha-Wha-Wha: Back pain or summer heat? Which sucks more? Warning: This is whiny-ass. After a year of draining back pain, yesterday depression edged in, immobilizing me in a different way.…
Our Mackinac Island Scattering
I am waiting for my Nashville jewelry repair to open. Two delicate opal stones fell out of a beloved vintage ring I wear with my wedding band and two stones also…