Things That Scare Me

Mamacita says: I’m really not afraid of very many things, but those few things I am afraid of, I’m terrified of. TERRIFIED. Here are a few. 1.  Driving in the dark on snowy roads with faded center and side lines. … Continue reading

The Timeline in my Head: Where, you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.

Mamacita says: My children, of whom I often speak on this blog, aren’t really children any more. I know this perfectly well, but sometimes when I write of them – the cute things they’ve done, etc. – I tend to … Continue reading

You’re Never Too Old to Love A Snow Day

Mamacita says: After a full day of dire blizzard predictions, friends all over Facebook have been posting pictures of cars and doghouses and shrubberies buried in snow.  What have I been doing?  Looking out of my kitchen window and seeing … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: Snow

Mamacita says:  The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful winter day, but the forecast is for heavy snowfall, starting in a few hours.  This is Southern Indiana, where the weather changes on a dime; plus, it just FEELS like … Continue reading

Happy New Year, 2014. With Lice and Willie Waught.

Mamacita says: The first day of 2014 finds us looking out at a green lawn with very confused crocus bulbs a few inches below, wondering if maybe they should take a chance and peek up and bloom a little early. … Continue reading