One of the most beautiful songs ever is the theme from the 1980 film, Somewhere in Time. Many of you may remember it – Christopher Reeves plays Richard Collier, a playwright who becomes smitten by a photograph of a young woman at the Grand Hotel. Through self-hypnosis, he travels back in time to the year 1912 to find… Read More Somewhere in Time
One of my favorite songs is “What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?” The lyrics are written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending. I truly love this song. I’ve always loved songs like this from the 1940’s-1960’s, probably because they were so full of all kinds… Read More The Rest of My life
I was thinking the other day about how a lot of people will pick a story from their life to blog about then exaggerate it to make it stronger or funnier or more poignant. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that but I don’t do that. It takes skills I don’t have. What you see… Read More Love Letter to Alpha Hubby
I read a quote recently in a book. I liked the quote but better so when I re-wrote it: Forever has a way of happening when least expected and in ways not even imagined. My unexpected forever began with Alpha Hubby. I sure wasn’t expecting to meet him at work. And I sure didn’t expect such… Read More Unexpected Forever
So… a Father’s Day blog about Alpha Hubby. Alpha Son has been out of the house a few years now. We see him often enough to enjoy him (and his beautiful wife) but the paradigm has shifted. Now it’s a “fun, fun, fun ’til her daddy takes the T-bird awaaaaaay nekkid house!!” Sorry. Now Alpha Hubby… Read More He Has Rope
(This is a post from 2013) Next year (2014), Alpha Hubby and I will be married 20 years. T-W-E-N-T-Y years. I know that may not seem like a long time to those of you who have been married longer, but trust me when I say it is a joyous miracle for Alpha Hubby and me. So sweet.… Read More We Must Be Lovin’ Right
There was a movie, “The Horse Whisperer” that came out a few years back. It was a tale about a talented trainer with a remarkable gift for understanding horses, who is hired to help an injured teenager and her horse get back to health following a tragic accident.. According to Wikipedia: Natural horsemanship, colloquially known… Read More The Nan Whisperer
but! There are limits to my love. During the Superbowl there was an M&M® commercial that I fell in love with. It is 31 seconds of silly: http://youtu.be/2KiR7rMB5Jg or And the other day, we had this: … the official opening of the swimming pool. It took a couple of weekends to get it ready… Read More I Would Do Anything For Love…