Dec 17, 2014 | Living playfully
When I was about 6 years old my mother enrolled me in ballet classes. I suspect she did this, in part, because of the many hours I spent twirling and swooping around the living room of my grandmother’s studio apartment to a tinny Nutcracker Suite played on scratched...
Sep 23, 2014 | Living playfully, Play
I am basically a sedentary creature. A friend once accurately described my idea of exercise as getting up from the recliner to walk to the bookshelf and back. But I have a dog. A dog that has to be walked. She has to be walked because what I don’t have is a yard....
Sep 15, 2014 | Living playfully, Play
Take it from me, no matter how much your knees might hurt do not succumb to the temptation of using your husband’s handicap placard to save a long walk across the parking lot to get to the grocery store if he isn’t in the car with you. Even if there are 7...
Aug 18, 2014 | Happiness, Living playfully, Play
I retired in February of 2013. That consisted of closing down my sign business and selling off my Flamingo Surprise inventory to someone who would carry on the good works. We moved out of the warehouse and apartment to much smaller and less expensive accommodations. A...
Jun 17, 2014 | Living playfully
I’ve spent the day working on this website. Dragging it from concept to reality. The process has been halting. Picking the right (for now) theme. Getting the customization started. Trying out plugins, tweaking page layouts, fiddling with widgets, resizing header...
Sep 28, 2011 | Adventure, Living playfully
A dear friend of mine purchased a floating home just about a year ago. When she purchased it the colors were a nice conservative brown with white trim. Nothing controversial but also nothing particularly interesting either. For a lot of people this would be fine....
