Things that make me smile

The other day, a woman I know came up to me and said, “Do you think your sister could give me a quote for re-doing my living room?”  I stared at her for a minute, uncomprehending.  All of my siblings are tax accountants or some variation thereof.  “Um.  What?” “Isn’t she an interior designer?” “No. ” …

My friend Marilyn over at Simmer Till Done is getting ready for her daughter’s Bat Mitvah and has been in a fever of baking and crafting for the past couple of weeks.  I ran into her at the coffee shop the other morning, where she taught me the secret of putting lists on pink paper so you can find…

The last roses of summer are sitting on my desk right now, and they smell wonderful.  Every now and then I catch a whiff of them and every time it makes me stop to think how beautiful they are and how lucky I am.  Their distinct perfume isn’t something you get with store-bought roses.  Of…

The other day I was at the coffee shop when the train delivering newsprint to the newspaper plant next door rolled in.  It let out a long low whistle that sounded something like a foghorn.  The barista remarked, “That always reminds me of the call to arm in Lord of the Rings.”   Which prompted…

I’m not exactly a teenager anymore, but I still manage to act like one now and then.   On Friday a real hottie walked into the coffeeshop, so what was the first thing I did to catch his eye?  Dumped my mocha all over the front of my t-shirt.  Ah, yes, I’m always the soul of…

No doubt half the bloggers in the US are running some sort of post on what they’re grateful for this year and why, because that’s what Thanksgiving is all about here.  And I’m going to be no different. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because nothing happens.  At my house, anyway, there are no expectations to…