Sheree's Blog – February 2011 Archive (5)

Eloise was just stepping onto the escalator in the lobby of the hotel where she'd gone to have her usual Friday "nooner" with her ex-boss, Edmund, who had, over the years, begun to approach their trysts with all the excitement and interest of an executioner  (hmmmm, wonder would he perk up a bit if she made him wear a black hood?), when she heard her name begin called and, turning 'round, discovered her neighbor, Evelyn, wearing a hat that looked for all the world like a huge eggplant and… Continue

A priest, a rabbi, and Batman go into a bar…  I've worked on this for days and I've got nothin' so I'm putting it up on FB and I'll bring you what my more creative friends write.

In the late 1980s our family was blessed by a baby boom that brought us five little boys.  As they reach their landmark years of high school graduation and legal drinking age, it's hard not to reflect back on the one that didn't survive and wonder what our family would be like if he had.



All of these boys were special in their own way; Xavier was my mother's first great-grandson, Jesse was my baby brother's first child, Shane was my older brother's first grandchild, Josh was my… Continue

I would like us all to resolve to be kinder in the coming year.  Let's pretend that 9/11 happened only three months ago and we're all still in such a state of shock that we can't possibly be rude or nasty or dismissive of each other.

The person who has made the biggest difference in how I view the holidays has been my older sister, Belinda.



Our dad was a big fan of Christmas, which didn't make much sense to me when I considered his poverty level childhood.  But now, in hindsight, I can see what the holiday really meant for him.  And I have my sister to thank for that.



Daddy's mother, my grandmother Maggie, spent all year making quilts and toys out of her fabric scraps and those pink or blue dry cleaning… Continue