Have we gotten TOO casual?
I am old enough to remember dressing up for air travel. Not dainty hats and white gloves dressing up, but still suits or dresses and nice shoes. And paper menus for the meal choices!...
Author: Janet
Checking it twice
This morning I went out to run a few errands. At the first store, I impulsively picked up a few Christmas items that were not on my list but looked like a good deal...
Sweet Potato Pie is a Side Dish
I love sweet potatoes. They might be the best vegetable in the world. Heck, “sweet” is in the name! Even with this honeyed earthiness, this hit of natural sugar, yams definitely are vegetables. So...
Who needs a purse?
I have many purses. Big ones, little ones, medium ones. Backpack purses, purses that look like briefcases, purses that look like suitcases. Crossbody purses. One-handled. Two-handled. Even a couple of waist packs (if those...
Make new friends
I made two new friends last week, in the Chicago airport. I don’t mean that we just chatted for a few minutes–I mean that we actually exchanged contact information and even have texted with...
I didn’t hear that
My ears must be shaped funny. For me, there is no such thing as a comfortable pair of headphones. Or earbuds. Or earphones. Or anything else that purports to help me hear things without...
What’s the weather?
It is a standing joke in my family (and many other families, I suspect) that weather forecaster is one of the best jobs around. I have no idea what it takes to become a...
Fix It Yourself!
I recently was visiting my good friend Sara at her Florida beach house. (And let me interrupt myself here to note how important it is to have friends with Florida beach houses, or Colorado...
I have been recruited!
I have loved spy stories, mysteries, and puzzles my entire life. From the Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew novels I read as a child to Robert B. Parker, Tom Clancy, and Ken Follett (to...
Always learning!
I have never been much of a gardener. Strike that. I have never been able to keep any sort of plants alive, either inside or out. I can keep cut flowers (purchased from a...