Miscellaneous

Years ago I would take Speedy, our super smart beagle mix, on long walks through the neighborhoods near my sister’s house. I would often bump into a priest in the front yard of his church and we’d have delightful conversations. He said something to me that has stayed with me over the years. You don’t …

I saw something on Instagram about translation that reminded me of two funny language failures on my part when speaking German. The first was in Austria. I was lost and was trying to say ‘Excuse me, do you know where…’ . I must have learned ‘Excuse me’ (Entschuldigung or Entschuldigen Sie) and ‘By the way’ …

I am struggling with inertia as I slowly recover from springing forward. I don’t know that I sprang forward as much as I was drug unwillingly an hour forward. Luckily for me I have a daily devotional to inspire me. The quote for this week: How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single …

There’s a light-hearted song from Mean Girls the musical called where do you belong. It captures a lot of the baloney that occurs in high school and the intense desire as teenagers to belong. I recall my high school days when I wanted the same hair style (Mariah Carey ringlet curls that are simply not …