by Ellie | May 30, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
Some days are hardly worth getting out of bed. Doesn’t have to be anything dire; just the never-ending drip of frustration. These past two weeks brought a flood of computer glitches that kept me tight with techies. Nail down one thing, another pops up. How do...
by Ellie | May 13, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
LAST SUNDAY, MOTHERS GOT CHEERED. Noticed. Appreciated. But instead of basking in that one-day glow, I get grumpy. Don’t get me wrong. I loved my mother and have appreciative kids. But I see Mother’s Day as a Hallmark Holiday—a card seller at least, gift pusher at...
by Ellie | Apr 29, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
OUR PRINTER GOT CRANKY LAST WEEK. Started getting hungry, chewing perfectly good paper. I get cranky when that happens, resenting naughty printers that take a liking for even scrap stuff. Grumblegrumblegrumble…fixing would probably be cheaper than buying new but then...
by Ellie | Apr 15, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
My friends David and Clarice James know how to laugh. They speak laughter, even in the midst of tears. What is laughter? Online answers ranged from “Well, it’s hard to explain,” to laughter being part of the limbic system of the brain. There you go; laugh #1. The...
by Ellie | Apr 1, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
My son called me early Tuesday morning to be the first to wish me a Happy 30,000th-day Birth Day. Funny—nobody ever wished me a 10,000th or 20,000th birthday. How old would I have been on those days? My calculator tells me the first would make me roughly 27 years old,...
