November 2007

Lest You Think Business Travel Is Exciting

November 27, 2007

I told you before that business travel isn’t exciting. I meant what I said. Y’all, I had stayed for one night at this “inn” a few days ago. I’m back for most of this week, but I’m not here by choice. It’s what my patron arranges for me. I don’t have to pay for it, [...]

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A “Wicked Good” Eggnog Recipe

November 25, 2007

‘Tis the season, y’all. This gal’s gotta have her eggnog. Yes, I do love my eggnog, and I have found that I have something in common with George W. Noooo, NOT “The Dubya!” the only things I have in common with him is Texas and the fact that we are both primates [but he is [...]

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Faux The Love Of Bacon

November 24, 2007

My sister sooo lied to me. I knew she was capable of doing so from past experience (we go back a long way). However, I had hoped that in her age she would stop prevaricating. It was a vain hope. You would think that after fifty-some-odd years I would have the good sense not to [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #30 Thankful

November 22, 2007

Several of you have written to ask if I’m still on the planet. I am. I’ve been a bit under the weather. That two week business trip, Share A Square (see the Share A Square FAQ if you don’t know what that is), and a nasty head cold have knocked me flat on my rear. [...]

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Mail Call

November 19, 2007

I got home from my two week trip to find a huge pile of mail for the Share A Square program! My Sweet Spousal Unit went faithfully to the mailbox every day while I was gone. Isn’t he a good guy? Whoot! Look at what piled up. Thanks to everyone for your hard work. I [...]

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Brush With Celebrity

November 18, 2007

Have y’all ever had a “brush with celebrity?” Were you excited when you did? Did you act like a moron? I’ve met some of my favorite singers, but no one that y’all would be too excited about. I did my best to act nonchalant when I met them, but I was sweaty palmed. Just meeting [...]

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Wipe!

November 14, 2007

I got careless as I slung my computer bag around in the car yesterday. It caught on my fingernail and ripped it. Ouch! I’m not talking about a “simple” broken fingernail. I’m talking “ripped-across-the-nail-plate-about-a-quarter-of-an inch-into-the-pink,torn-halfway-across-my-nail, bleeding-like-a-stuck-pig” broken fingernail. Well, maybe I exaggerate a little about the blood, but there was blood, and there was pain, [...]

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Know When To Fold ‘Em

November 13, 2007

I had lofty goals of posting every day during the month of November. I swore to myself that I would participate in NaBloPoMo. That’s what I thought I was going to do. However the internet connection at this hotel and my Muse (that creative force that drives me) had other plans for me. They conspired [...]

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Rock Hound

November 8, 2007

The following is an image of my best friend from childhood. His name was Ming Toi Tu, and he was a bona fide, purebred toy Pekingese who was descended from a long line of award winning show dogs. He had his papers, but he wasn’t snooty about it. Ming didn’t look down his nose at [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem

November 7, 2007

“Choose The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.” —Carl Sandburg Peace is more than an absence of war, it’s an absence of malice. Let’s meet each other with open hands, shall we?

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There’s No Place Like Home

November 6, 2007

When I tell people that I am a “professional storyteller” who travels across Texas to tell stories in schools, I often see a wistful look in their eyes. They seem to think that the job and the traveling is exotic. That’s all I can guess from their reactions. I wish I could tell them that [...]

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A Dixie Cup In The Wind

November 5, 2007

I think I might have goofed. I was soooo optimistic about posting for the month of November. I believed that while on the road I could work all day and then sit in a hotel room (with a very “iffy” internet connection) and still manage to post to the blog every day. So positive was [...]

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Only The Good. A Messy Room

November 4, 2007

This is the chaos I left behind in my guest room, as I headed down to Houston for two weeks of work. Of course, I brought a carload of afghan squares to work on while I sit in the hotel in the evenings. I’m not very adventurous when it is a working week, but maybe [...]

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Heavenly Burgers

November 3, 2007

You probably would never stop at this little burger shack down by the railroad track. In the first place, you wouldn’t know where to find it, because it’s not in a nicer part of town. It’s not an “upscale” eatery, and face it, it doesn’t look like much. It’s called RJ’s Old Fashion Homemade Burgers. [...]

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I Can’t Even Cat Nap

November 2, 2007

Is this not an adorable cat? Don’t you just love cats? What? Who said that? I heard you! One of you said, “Yes, I love cats—let’s share recipes!” I will not stand for that. So, I’m going to go sit down. This is Walter Mitty. I’ve told you about him before when he suffered ear [...]

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November Share A Square Update

November 1, 2007

On December the 12th, the local arts council here in Denton has agreed to let me lay out the finished afghans on the floor of the building and take a picture of a “Sea of Afghans!” I hope to get a photographer to take good pictures of each afghan (I’m hopeless as a photographer!). With [...]

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Cereal Killer

November 1, 2007

All right! Who went into the pantry and did this? I wanna know who knocked all the cereal to the floor!! Which of you cats is the culprit? “Not me, Momma.” “Well, I would never!” “I didn’t do it.” “That is sooo beneath my dignity.” “Do I look like the kind of person who would [...]

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