Archive for the 'Family Stuff' Category



Upside down

Published on April 20, 2008

I’m not sure of the reason, but my blog stats show some odd things. Or they just seem odd to me. I get an enormous amount of visits from Eastern Europe, from folks who have searched out the word “petunia” on Google sites in their own languages. I’m guessing these are non-English-speaking people. I keep […]


eeeep!

Published on April 10, 2008

My son sent me this link today: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/15845851/detail.html?taf=bal It tells of a vehicle accident on a bridge that he goes over almost every day commuting to work.  The car was hit by a tractor-trailer ON THE BRIDGE, and then it burst into flames.  A narrow bridge.  My son knows I am terrified of heights, do […]


As the Toilet Flushes

Published on March 27, 2008

So goes my life – a downward spiral, down the hopper, funnier every day, if you’re the sort that laughs at large-scale natural disasters of all kinds. I had a thought the other night.  Odd event, I know, but thinking it didn’t stun me into forgetting it.  All of us are aging and as we […]