Ten Things Tuesday

Mamacita says: 1.  You’re never too old for a popsicle. 2.  8-gig SD cards for nine dollars?   I’ll take two, please.  Thank you, Amazon. 3.  Stinky ladybug beetles are starting to drop down on my furniture.  Where did they live … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: Forgiveness

Mamacita says:  Who among us doesn’t need help with forgiveness?  We all need to learn to forgive, and to learn to be forgiven, and to learn to cope when we get neither. Learning to forgive is one of my (many) … Continue reading

BULLETIN bulletin bulletin bulletin. . . .

Mamacita says:  My friend Jim, who used to write at Patriside about the life of a single dad, has moved. He had to.  He’s not a single dad any more! He now writes at Hogepotte, and he and his lovely … Continue reading

Limbs of Memory

The bottoms of my feet remember every sidewalk crack.  I can close my eyes and relive the sensation of speeding down the block on my roller skates, sensing every crack and bump and wad of moss in my path, and … Continue reading

Mamacita Reviews A Couple of Movies

Mamacita says: I love Notting Hill and Love, Actually, so when the same guys made Definitely, Maybe, I was intrigued.  When the film’s price finally got down to under ten bucks where I could rationalize buying it, I snarfed that … Continue reading

Things I Haven't Done Yet

Mamacita says: 1.  Family snapshots are still strewn all over the living room floor.  They’ll be there until the family gets here to go through them.  A word of advice:  label all of your pictures while you still remember names … Continue reading