Listen Here, Brain…
How do you tell your brain to shut up and go to sleep? Geez, I wish I knew. Mine just …
Category Archives: shopping
Christmas Shopping? Or Would You Prefer a Root Canal?
As the so-called ‘Festive Season’ approaches, I can only repeat what I’ve said before. Some of you will recall having …
MM Discovers Ebay — Oh, Lordy!
I know, I know. Ebay was discovered years ago, but just not by me. I’d been avoiding it, frankly. Well, …
Four Friends, Finger-lickin’ Food, Plus Fun and Frivolity, Equals One Fine Holiday
I forgot to mention a lot of work. But the work didn’t get in the way of all the other …
The Mad Hatter
Confession time. I’m a sucker for hats. And pottery. And jewellery, And…well, you get my drift. Actually, I don’t normally …
Expedition Cruising: Packing for an Adventure
Actually, I think I should change the title to …Packing is an Adventure. I’m about to head off on an …
Merry Christmas and Other Oxymorons
oxymoron – noun: a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect; a contradiction of terms. …
Christmas Shopping? Or Would You Prefer a Root Canal?
Christmas, I reckon, has three facets: the religious, the commercial, and the traditional. If none of those rings your …
From Door County, Wisconsin to Austin, Minnesota (Home of the Spam Museum)
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous Yes, folks, I said Spam Museum. But before I get to that, I want …
Wisconsin the Beautiful
I’m in love. In love with Wisconsin. In between the World’s Biggest M, the trolls of Mt. Horeb, the National Mustard …
The Meandering Matriarch 