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Nightmare
You’re trying a new restaurant for dinner. A waitress brings you water, a basket of rolls, and a menu and says she’ll be back soon to take your order. When she returns, you tell her you’d like the grilled salmon with lightly steamed asparagus. She makes notes on a pad,…
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Catchy….
Squirrel! I use this word sometimes to interrupt circular arguments or obsessive thoughts. Let me explain…. After I posted Chock Full of Nuts, the delightful Pedometer Geek and I got into a back-and-forth in the comments section regarding ear worms—you know, those tunes you hear once or twice and can’t…
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Chock Full of Nuts
A recent viewing of the documentary, The Automat, launched me on a nostalgia tour through the New York City of my youth. I have ample memories of Horn and Hardart’s Automats in Manhattan, the excitement and pleasures of eating there, which I’ll talk about in a future post, but for…
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Bling
No one could have been more surprised than Beatrice when her last offspring emerged from its shell covered in silver sequins. Neither she nor the little one’s father, Norbert, came from a family of glittery birds, yet there amongst her downy brood was a tiny, squawking sparkler. Norbert tried not…
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Sweet Nostalgia
I’ve been thinking about ice cream bonbons. We never had them at home when I was growing up. But when my parents took us to the movies, there was always a box to be shared in the dark, before the feature even started. Those chocolate covered frozen treats were enticing…
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Courtship
I caught you grooming earlier,nose fixed to your fur,engrossed in washing cheeksand nether regions,intent on looking clean,and sharp, and ablefor a harebehind a rose bush,shyly peering out. When both of you had gone,I spread a lovers’ feastof leafy greens and ripened berriesthrough the clover,knowing you’d returnwhen no one would be…
