when i sit in my stylist’s chair
she asks me what i’d like to have done
i’m pretty casual and relaxed about my hair
looking to my right
I say
well, actually the exact opposite
of whatever is going on
with the woman’s head in the mirror next to us
and i’ll be happy, thanks.
—
‘happiness is meeting the right hairstylist.’
-author unknown
in a meeting with a group organizing a series of upcoming events
I was casually chatting with a friend sitting next to me
my hands were part of our conversation
as is my habit
(being half Italian after all)
the leader called on me
thinking I had raised my hand
to volunteer for something
(no idea what it was)
so i quickly blurted out:
” sorry, I was talking and tend to talk with my hands,
but I don’t want to actually volunteer for that, am I in trouble?”
which got a good laugh, as they are all quite good-spirited
(sudden flashback to my student days, not sure why I blurted that out?)
he took mercy on me and let me off the hook but it was a bit awkward.
I pictured myself accidentally volunteering
to be sent to the moon or enlisted in the army or?
‘i often find myself in situations where it seems to me
like everyone else has read the instruction book.’
-jeff lindsay
—
photo credit warner brothers, private benjamin 1980, goldie hawn
just another day spent
keeping my community safe
by fighting off a few t-rexes.
—
author note:
(yes, I nerdishly looked up the plural for t-rex,
but do think I invented the word, nerdishly)
—
“we are all here for a spell. get all the good laughs you can.”
-will rodgers
get your bonnet on and bake your cake, easter is coming!
‘creative people don’t have a mess, they have ideas lying around everywhere.’
-lori mcnee
—
image credits: pinterest
i missed national pet day, but this reminded me.
please don’t tell my cats
I don’t think that they read my blog
but they are pretty clever.
—
‘my parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.’
-billy connolly
—
image credit: mastodon
nothing like a slice of hot and fresh out of the oven
new york style pizza
to warm you up on a cold spring day.
(I really just planned to walk downtown to pick up a book, but…)
—
‘if properly dried and trimmed, new york-style pizza
could be used to make a box for chicago-style pizza.’
-nick offerman, american actor
—
NYPD, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2025
something happened to the little lamb
similar to what happened to the reindeer
the victim of someone with the same m.o.
when I asked around
Pete the Cat
didn’t seem to know anything about it. 
‘guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.’
-erma bombeck
do your best even if you have no idea what you’re doing
—
my post today was inspired by my blogging/podcasting friend
Wynne Leon of Surprised By Joy –
https://wynneleon.com/2025/03/17/all-you-have-to-do-is-ask/
who wrote about her daughter finally getting into a class she was interested in, (glee club), and then wasn’t sure what it actually was, reminding me of my own experience in the arena of not knowing what I was getting into:
i was in high school and my best friend told me she was going to try out for our synchronized swimming team (that I didn’t even know we had). it sounded fun, looked easy, i’d seen it on tv, so i thought why not? i’ll give it a whirl.
the afternoon of the try out arrived and we jumped in the pool with everyone else, but as they went through some different moves and swim strokes, and the music began, it suddenly struck me:
I had neglected to figure in two important factors before jumping in:
as you might imagine, it did not go so well. it involved some water swallowing and inhaling, burning eyes, lots of thrashing and water slapping, nothing that could be construed as graceful, something really, really far from water ballet, and some spinning and jumping. there were no coordinating moves with anyone else, i was just trying to survive. needless to say, i did not become a member of the club, luckily for me, (and all). but i did learn something that day. it never hurts to try new things, but it’s usually best to have an idea what you’re about to try before going off the deep end or you’ll soon find yourself underwater.
—
‘I tried synchronized swimming, but felt, over time, i was just going through the motions.’
-dana gould
if you watched, didn’t watch, or sort of watched off and on
the oscars/academy awards aired last night.
i’m a huge fan of films of all kinds
and I thought
if they were really made out of chocolate
if I were to ever win an oscar
it might be a very fleeting moment of fame for me
a challenge for the paparazzi
as it would no longer exist after a few minutes
i’m a huge fan of chocolate of all kinds as well
but every nibble so worth it.
here is the only Oscar to have ever won an Oscar
Oscar Hammerstein II for his song,
‘The Last Time I Saw Paris,’ in the movie, ‘Lady Be Good’ in 1941
—
‘there’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award,
and a lot movies that haven’t.
you just do the best you can.
-clint eastwood
love my car
it sends me caring messages
hello, goodbye, check your backseat, be safe…
and now this one:
(no) /eyesight
it felt a bit judge-y
i’m wearing my glasses!
until I realized it meant
my backup camera was covered with road salt
and not able to see.
still feels judge-y.
—
I didn't have my glasses on.... 