Yes, No, Yes!

The temperature dropped sharply in the last few days, which (naturally) sent me scurrying to the Big Cabinet o’ Perfume Curiosities – mine and Carolyn’s, situated in our rental’s “home office” – to see what I might enjoy in cooler… Continue Reading

I got nuttin’

Sorry, but the post I was going to put up I didn’t get done and life has been a little hectic this week, sooooo.. How about them Dodgers! They won something that’s important to people. There was a parade that… Continue Reading

Xerjoff Torino24

Remember the olden days when a gift with purchase was something that was actually nice? Not something seemingly picked from the pile of leftovers from the SA’s taking the really good stuff and the good stuff they gave to the… Continue Reading

Falling for Fall (cribbing from Musette)

Reading Musette’s post from yesterday brought it home that Fall is really here. As a matter of fact we are well on the way to winter. So I thought “Tom, you haven’t bored readers rigid with your stories in, like,… Continue Reading

Off Topic: A Wedding Story

Since Portia shared her and Jin’s  wedding photos and story I thought I would (maybe rehash?) write about the wedding that I helped make a cake for. This was probably about 20 years ago when my dear (and now sadly… Continue Reading

#influenced

It’s mid-August. If it’s summer in your locale, folks are on vacation, at the beach, at the pool, stuck at home or the office, eating fresh, ripe tomatoes and the last of the peaches … you get the idea. (If… Continue Reading

When Tech Attacks!!!

My darling Posse! I was at Old Orchard Shopping Mall on the North Shore yesterday, doing some retail therapy… and I was going to tell you allll about it – but everything !!! Every Single Device!!! has turned on me… Continue Reading