Quotation Saturday: Family

1.  I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.  –Dan Wilcox & thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” from M*A*S*H 2.  It is not flesh and blood but the heart with makes us fathers and sons.  … Continue reading

The Luck of the Draw

Mamacita says:  Bits and pieces of this post were first published on December 19, 2004, and December 10, 2006. Some people are very, shall we say, “unlucky,” in the grab-bag of in-laws. People talk about how awful their mother-in-law, or … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday, On Sunday

Mamacita says: Things have been hectic here, more so than usual.  I haven’t posted much, and since this blog is as much a part of me as my heart, lungs, big toes, and girlie bits, I feel the lack.  Hard.  … Continue reading

If Happy Little Bluebirds Can Do It. . . .

Mamacita says: This late afternoon, as my son (handsome, single, nearly seven feet tall, possessor of a sweet sensitive heart and a wicked wild sense of humor, and almost graduated!)  (resumes accepted for my consideration) and I were driving home, … Continue reading

The Things We Do For Love: Ebb Tide

I am realizing more and more that I do not like being the meat in the middle of the sandwich generation. It is better, however, than not having a slice of bread on the TOP of the sandwich at all. … Continue reading

Got Snow?

Mamacita says:  As I sit at the dining room table with my new laptop Hal and look across the living room and out the big window there, I can see our huge shagbark hickory tree. Today, of course, it’s covered … Continue reading