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Be Careful What You Wish For
Be Careful What You Wish For
I am a hobbit. Except for the pointed ears and furry feet, I have all the characteristics of a hobbit. The soles of my feet are leathery and I have short legs. I’m not much taller than a hobbit either. And their eating schedule works for me: Breakfast at 7 AM, Second Breakfast at 9 AM, Elevenses at 11 AM, Lunch at 1 PM, Afternoon Tea at 3 PM, Dinner at 6 PM and Supper at 9 PM. And, like all…
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Is The Summer Over Yet?
Is The Summer Over Yet?
In my journal, along with my daily musings, I record the time of sunrise and sunset. On June 21st, the sun rose at 5:25 AM, exactly one minute later than the day before. As my husband was pouring his coffee that morning, he announced, joyfully, “It’s the official first day of summer!” “Yes!” I smiled. “I know!” I was happy, too, for I knew, by my daily record keeping, that from now on, the days…
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Closet Culling - Part Two
Closet Culling – Part Two
Cosmetic and Other Bags This seasonal closet culling wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have so many cosmetic bags jammed between the shoe boxes at the top of my closet. It’s a game of Jenga as I pull out a shoebox, hold my breath and wait for the avalanche of bags to bounce off my head and shoulders onto the floor. Are we world travelers? Nope. Far from it. So why do I hold onto these little…
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Closet Culling
Part One: Shoes I finally packed away the winter sweaters and flannel shirts and hung my summer tees and capris in their place. I hate this seasonal task so much that I delay it for as long as I can. It’s not that I have that many clothes to pack away. It’s the shoes. The seasonal switching of the shoes drives me nuts. Why so many shoes? It’s not that I’m fashionable. Far from it. I only…
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GRANDPARENTS' MORNING... and the trials and tribulations to get there
GRANDPARENTS’ MORNING… and the trials and tribulations to get there
Last week my son sent me an invitation to Grandparents Morning at his son’s Montessori school. The event started at 9:45 AM. Under the invitation, he texted: Miles wants to invite you. Probably impossible. Miles is our four-year-old grandson. Let me explain the probably impossible assumption. My son lives in Connecticut. We live on Long Island. The path from here to there is not an easy one.…
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Grief Isn't Funny
Grief Isn’t Funny
Laughing With Buddha was launched several years ago when I was in a better frame of mind. I wanted to write a humorous blog and I found a lot to write about. I was happier then. Not so now. My mother died on March 27, 2021. It didn’t matter to me that she was 93 years old when she died. She was my mother and my best friend. People at her wake said, “She lived a full life; she’s at rest now.”…
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MEAT STINK! An Illustrated Tale
MEAT STINK! An Illustrated Tale
My mother had a dentist appointment last Monday at 3:30 PM. It was going to be a long one and I wouldn’t be getting home until about 5:30. I had the day off, so I decided to prepare the potatoes ahead of time. I was trying a new recipe: Potato, Black Olive and Tomato Torta.
Without a working stovetop exhaust fan, the apartment was soon filled with the rich aroma of garlic, tomatoes and thyme.…
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Squirrels Lead Me To Temptation
Squirrels Lead Me To Temptation
I broke the news to my family on a recent Sunday morning. “I need everyone to pay attention for a minute,” I started. “I have something serious I want to discuss.”
My husband lifted his head from the newspaper with that look of fear that comes over a man when you say – We have to talk. My son froze into a statue with his head tilted and his coffee cup in midair.
Taking a deep breath, and secretly…
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A Battle For Dominance...Part 2 of The Squirrels Are Coming
A Battle For Dominance…Part 2 of The Squirrels Are Coming
In November, shortly after we moved into our apartment, my son told me he heard mice running across his bedroom floor at night. I told him he must have been dreaming. But soon after, I, too, began hearing scratching sounds and scampering behind the walls in my writing alcove. My skin crawled as my eyeballs rolled around the sloping ceiling and down the walls, following their scratching…
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The Squirrels Are Coming!
The Squirrels Are Coming!
I pried the door open and tiptoed into the bedroom to check on my sleeping granddaughter. That’s when I heard them scratching at that weak spot behind the wall above the air conditioner.
“They won’t break through the walls,” my husband had reassured me earlier in the week, chuckling at the absurdity of my question. But it sure sounded like they were about to do just that.
As I reached over to…
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Happy Holidays! See You Next Year...
Happy Holidays! See You Next Year…
Let me take this time to wish you all a very happy holiday season. I will be taking the next week off to spend some time with family and friends. I also intend to eat a lot of cookies and lounge around in my cozy pants.
While I’m away, feel free to visit this site any time of the day or night. Read some older stuff in the archives, leave me a comment, or just have a look around.
I’ll be…
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Navy Showers And Toilet Tutorials
Navy Showers And Toilet Tutorials
My dad was in the navy during WWII and served on the USS Boxer, an aircraft carrier. When we kids were growing up, dad was always trying to instill naval discipline in us – especially in the toilet.
“You guys are taking too long in the shower!” he said one day. “From now on you’re all taking navy showers like I do.”
Then he demonstrated the procedure. Like a performing mime, he turned invisible…
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Picking Up Loose Change
Picking Up Loose Change
How many of you will bend down to pick up a penny on the sidewalk? My 88 year-old mother will do it. She lived through the Great Depression and remembers when a penny had value. She remembers when a loaf of bread cost 8 pennies, and still lives by the philosophy of A penny saved is a penny earned.
I don’t pick up pennies anymore. It has to be a nickel or more to make it worth my while. The penny…
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Throwing Out The Turkey Leftovers And Other Unpardonable Sins
Throwing Out The Turkey Leftovers And Other Unpardonable Sins
I grew up in a household where nothing was ever thrown away. Furniture, clothing, mattresses, pots and pans, dishes – were all recycled to other members of the family. When my mother was getting rid of something she would ask everyone in the family if they wanted her “perfectly good” whatever.
The truth is, whatever my mother was giving away, even after twenty years of use, was always in better…
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When Does A Dental Appointment Become A Reservation?
When Does A Dental Appointment Become A Reservation?
A young woman called our house last week to confirm my dental appointment for Friday, November 20. She spoke so fast; I couldn’t decipher all the words.
“Could you repeat that?” I asked.
Instead of slowing down, she spoke louder, but at least I could pick out the key words, “reservation…dentist… Friday…11:00…”
“I know; I have a dental appointment at 11:40 on Friday,” I said. “Is that what you’re…
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Why I Hate Road Trips
Why I Hate Road Trips
We took a two-hour road trip to Connecticut this past weekend. Some of you may think two hours in the car is not a road trip. It’s merely a ride. But that depends on a lot of factors.
First, and foremost, it depends on who your passengers are. I remember, many years ago, when there were three young boys crammed into the back seat, each staking a claim on their space – sometimes with an elbow jab…
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Apartment Living And Clutter Control
Apartment Living And Clutter Control
We’ve had to make some behavioral changes since we moved into this small apartment. For one thing, there is no room for clutter here. There is no dishwasher, either, so I set the rule down before we even moved in: If you use it, you wash it.
So far, so good – with the dishwashing rule. We’re still working on clutter control. I walk around holding things up asking: Whose shirt is this? Who left…
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