Before I begin, I feel the need to disclose – I typically despise period dramas. But in this – the last quarter of this dastardly year, I have found myself in TWO full and complete Jada Pinkett Smith style entanglements – with a period drama. Perhaps it’s because I am getting old – and therefore […]
That was Then Once upon a time, I once mused over the similarities between old folks and children; it was the very first post I ever wrote for HMB. It was all truth, no fiction. Many of the anecdotes are well known tales from my #GrannyChronicles. Some years have passed since I put pen to […]
I only recently got hip to this show– The Home Edit. When I heard the premise, I knew with all of my being that it would be my latest and greatest appointment television subject. I love makeover – ANYTHING – shows. Not to mention, viewing mass collections of pretty coordinated things warms my messy conflicted […]
We lost a king last week. I didn’t know Chadwick Boseman. I never met him. It isn’t likely that I ever would have. And yet I’m grieving. Lips pressed tightly. Eyes full of water. Selfishly. Shedding tears for my own loss. And for the contributions from this young king that the world will never know. […]
Every year, the world sets aside the first week of August as World Breastfeeding Week to recognize breastfeeding and boobs and their contributions to society by way of providing nourishment to new generations of baby humans. Given this mammoth contribution, I am not sure the girls actually get their due credit. I mean, they get credit… […]
Okay, 2020 is officially – a giant pile of poo. Yeah, I said what I said. We’ve only made it to the halfway point and we have a pandemic, social unrest unseen since the civil rights era, economic recession, murder hornets, Sahara dust, a Tiger King takeover, massive fires, neighborhoods sliding into the ocean, a […]
Chillin’ like a villain, minding my own business… just me and Detective Stabler on a Wednesday night… and the job calls. It’s 2020, so I already knew what I was about to hear. Yeah, I’ve been COVID-19 exposed. The Call Suppressing my inner Enneagram Type 6, I played it cool and responded succinctly to the questions. […]
Voids It seems like it should be. But it’s not. The classrooms are empty. The playgrounds are still. There are no car rider lines. No Tuesday folders. Almost like summer vacation. And yet not at all like summer vacation. The untethered freedom that usually accompanies these voids… is yet another void. The teachers. The same […]
If ever there was a year to recognize the work that teachers pour into educating our kids, 2020 is it. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4, 2020 – May 8, 2020, and if you are looking for some ideas to show your children’s teachers that you see what they do for your kids and how […]
Adults Only I threw the census envelop in a stack on top of my computer weeks ago. I told myself I would save it for later. I’d been eyeing it for a few days. Trying to wait until I was in the mood. I decided earlier that today was the day. Today. After work, I […]
