guilty pleasures
February 11, 2010
- Recently I mentioned that I get a perverse pleasure from knocking off what I call snow stalactites from my car. I make a game of it, but I do enjoy knocking them off without getting my boots wet and messy. I have another perverse pleasure, too, that is somewhat similar. First off, I have to admit I like snow (at least for a few weeks and as long as it is not bitterly cold). I always have ...
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November 15, 2009
- Turner Classic Movies showed this 60s chestnut last evening, and I must say that I have always loved this cheesy throwback. The first time I saw this movie, I must have been around 12. I stayed up late to sneak-watch it (sound turned way down) on the tiny black and white television in my room. And here is what I learned: Nice girls who stay nice get to marry millionaires. And nice girls who go ...
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November 6, 2009
- We do it to ourselves, you know. So convinced that our families can't run without our magical presence, we control, micromanage, enable, and ultimately martyr ourselves upon the altar of motherhood. But even saints and martyrs need a break now and then.A couple of weeks ago I booked a tiny third floor room in a Victorian bed and breakfast at the Jersey shore for one night only. I was giving ...
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August 12, 2009
- I trust that any mother reading the title of this entry gets it completely. When you are the one taking care of people, day in and day out, is it really so strange that a scheduled colonoscopy ends up feeling like a mini-vacay?Here's why: --Someone else drives me there and drives me home. In this case it was my grown son, in a nice reversal of ...
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July 13, 2009
- In no particular order:Clothes on the lineThe first BLT of the seasonSun brewed tea with fresh mintThe beach at 6:00 (pm or am)Lingering over breakfastReading out on the front porchFlowers in the window boxThe smell of sunscreenThe smell of chlorineA short haircutKohr's custard on the boardwalkStaying up late to watch Turner Classic MoviesA walk in the neighborhood at duskNew flip-flopsKeeping ...
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May 30, 2009
- On my first visit to New Orleans, I fell for the city the way you fall for a guy who's all wrong for you--you have nothing in common and you know he won't be sticking around for very long, but you just can't help yourself. I came home from that trip armed with Mardi Gras beads, feathered masks, beignet mix, and a CD of zydeco music, just so I could have a New Orleans fix any time I needed ...
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March 25, 2009
- Don't bother to judge me; I've heard it all. And I don't care.Understand, I have rules regarding the Housewives. For one thing, I don't seek them out. I never check the Bravo schedule to see when they are on. However, if I happen to be channel surfing and they happen to be on, I watch them. (Unless it's a marathon. Then I step away from the remote and run like crazy; otherwise, I won't move ...
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March 30, 2008
- Whenever I take out my Kindle (which is whenever I travel, which is more than I can admit) I feel that exhilarating blend of guilt and thrill that I imagine people feel when they steal jewels.Or ride JetSkis.Actually, I would supposed that if I owned a JetSki, I wouldn't feel the same stew of shame and pleasure. If I were the sort who owned a JetSki, I'd jump on it with joyous abandon. And yet, ...
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January 16, 2008
- Okay, it's my first public confession: I love "American Idol," even though I know it says in the Bible you're not supposed to have any idols except the Bible-approved idols. And we're not supposed to worship Mammon, who was a losing contestant in Season Three. But if I took every word in the Bible literally, I would be out campaigning for the HuckHead (TM), wouldn't I? A case of ...
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