Arr, matey, we’ve hit the doldrums!

When I was a kid if I so much as MENTIONED the words “I’m bored!” I’d get slapped with a list of chores so fast my head would spin. I’ve been conditioned since childhood to mask feelings of boredom with verbose statements of activity. I’m not bored- I’m blinking, and breathing, and digesting, and thinking, … Continue reading »

Dressing a Mantle

“Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” We have a mantle! The mantle has landed. Mannnntle. DON’T LOOK NOW, IT’S A MANTLE! ….Did I mention that we have a mantle? Once or twice? Oops, sorry about that. Uh-huh, we have a mantle. And my favorite thing EVER is … Continue reading »