Tag Archives: growing up
Fancy Frappuccino Friday: Formative Years – The Music
The other day, in conversation with a friend about music, I opined that I was confident that my very eclectic taste in music was heavily influenced by my brother when we were growing up. While he was not the only … Continue reading
Part 3: My Life with Mice – Mice wear tap shoes…the Beginning.
Last time on My Life with Mice, I wrote about Tap Dancing Mice. This is how it began… There I was, a younger Me, lying in bed, pondering life’s great mysteries and I heard it. On the ceiling above my bed was … Continue reading
Norbert
I grew up on a stretch of road that was, in my opinion, beautiful. Tall elms arched over the road, bending beneath what was a fairly constant wind or breeze. Long, trailing branches moved, sometimes gently waving, sometimes flailing helplessly … Continue reading
Friends or Foes
I’ve been struggling lately with friendship, or rather, relationships that have the appearance of being “friendships” but when I look at them, truly look at the heart of them, I see that the “friend” part of the label was all … Continue reading
Me ‘n Daisy
My parents moved to “the country” when I was just a squirt. I grew up on a stretch of road where our “next door neighbors” were a quarter mile away. We had the Martins and the Wickers next door, neither of … Continue reading