I muse. Often. And while I was musing over my life-sustaining elixir this morning, I realized that 2025 has really been the year of 'car conversations' for me. For the uninitiated, a 'car conversation' is simply a conversation that you have had while in a car or while someone else is in a car and... Continue Reading →
Way To Be Literal
Last night my family and I sat down with a gift that TO's going to be giving it to a friend for her birthday. It's a fun game called Pun Intended. The way it works is this- there are flashcards with an image on one side. This image is meant to represent a phrase or... Continue Reading →
Totally Lost In Translation
The family was playing Pictionary before dinner last night. TO decided to choose the Super Hard mode for generating the challenges. I mention this beforehand so there will be moderately less judging about why I gave the answer I did. TO was furiously drawing scenes of battle etc on the board and I in my... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of Alone Time
I woke up earlier than expected today because somehow my daily wake-up alarm got set for Sunday as well...oh well, no matter. I did my Wordle (I lost). I pottered around the house (needs dusting). I brushed my teeth (need to order more toothpaste). I then made my way to the kitchen after collecting the... Continue Reading →
Songs Of My Youth: Day Four
For a 9 year old, the New Kids On The Block were the equivalent of the Beatles in the 90s! This song dates back to 1988. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIEwIwYz-c
Songs Of My Youth: Day Three
Heavy D and the Boyz is a staple of my mixed tape days starting 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEgUPKxk7A
Retroactive: Songs of My Youth- Day One
Music has *always* been a part of my home. Later on when I moved out of home and started living on my own; it became more so. The last few days I've been down Nostalgia Lane and there's always been a soundtrack or two or ten running in the background. So this is it...the new... Continue Reading →
Owning Your Solitude
The word solitude often conjures up images and notions of being lonely and morose but that's far from the truth. The word is derived from the Latin word 'solus' meaning alone but as many of us have discovered, alone does not necessarily equal being lonely. Our lives, even the ones orchestrated and managed by us,... Continue Reading →