Life Is A Banquet

Mamacita says:  My real life is so, well, ordinary.  I mean, doesn’t everybody have a human skull in the linen closet and singing wall art?  I had children, and a job, and I felt obligated to set some kind of … Continue reading

Mamacita Says: Cursing Over Cursive, Or, Rather, The Lack of It

Mamacita says:  It really bothers me; it bothers me way out of proportion; it bothers me TERRIBLY, that so many elementary teachers refuse to teach cursive handwriting now. There are many reasons for this, the three biggest being lack of … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday

Mamacita says:  It’s time for Quotation Saturday!  Where did the week go, anyway? 1.  Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.  –Thomas Huxley 2.  Sometimes, when I look at my … Continue reading

Things

Mamacita says: Clutter. I think far too many people set far too much store on “things.”  The value of our “things” – be it sentimental or actual – is often so high, in our minds,  that it is inconceivable to … Continue reading

Ten Things Tuesday

Mamacita says:  It’s time for Ten Things Tuesday. 1. Cleaning out someone else’s house makes me want to go home and clean out my own house. Bare, blank walls. Stark, sparse furniture. Empty closets. Nothing in the attic or garage … Continue reading

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