Quotation Saturday: Spring

Mamacita says:  Yesterday WAS the first day of spring, you know, not to be confused with the first spring day, which, as Henry Van Dyke tells us, can differ by as great as a month.  The weather here in southern … Continue reading

Negative Improvement

Mamacita says:  We used to be big fans of Noble Roman’s Pizza.  We’d drive thirty miles to the nearest city, just to eat there.  We felt this way for many years. Then one day we drove up there to Noble … Continue reading

Ten Things Tuesday

Mamacita says: 1.  Why does every packaged food item contain so much sodium?  It’s ridiculous!  Even the supposedly “diet” or “healthy” stuff is loaded full of salt.  I’m serious; why IS that? It’s really difficult – and in most cases, … Continue reading

Things I Haven't Done Yet

Mamacita says: 1.  I haven’t picked the ten thousand pictures we’re going through, off the living room floor yet.  We’re still looking at them.  Plus, we’re expecting family to come down any day now and look through them with us. … Continue reading

There Are Phantoms, and There Are Phantoms. . . .

Mamacita says:  Mmmm, I do love me the Broadway musicals! I’m particular, though. Sometimes, I love a show nobody else likes, and sometimes a show that everybody else likes, I don’t. But aren’t we all like that, in every aspect … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: Hope

Mamacita says: 1.  The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. –Allan K. Chalmers 2. If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t … Continue reading