by Marie Watts | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog
As New Year’s Eve approached, I began thinking about New Year’s Eves past. Some I remember, some I slept through, and some were bizarre. The craziest one I spent was in the early eighties. NEW YEAR’S EVE SETTING THE SCENE My mother died in 1978, and my father...
by Marie Watts | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog
by Marie Watts | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog
My husband and I have different ideas about gift wrapping for the holiday season. In the past, he took care of the wrapping without my assistance. Now, because his disability is worsening, I have been called upon to be the gift-wrapping assistant. Do you have cycles...
by Marie Watts | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog
Happily ever after—I can’t believe I ever bought into this horrendous lie. So, readers, bear with me, I’m on a rant today. Since I was small I was exposed to what Merriam-Webster calls an idiom: live happily ever after. Which means “to live happily for the rest of...
by Marie Watts | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog
Micro wrestling. Who knew? After shopping at Walmart, I returned to my truck only to find a flier advertising micro wrestling coming soon to an event venue outside of La Grange. The event was billed as “HIGH FLYING, BODY SLAMMING & OFF THE TOP ROPE! “OUTRAGEOUSLY...
by Marie Watts | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog
Geoffrey Holt’s lack of love of money was in the news recently. The eighty-two-year-old was the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Wearing threadbare clothes, he would ride his lawnmower to the convenience store. His mobile home was mostly...
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