I bought this package of toilet paper. It’s raison d’etre is that the rolls don’t have a cardboard tube core. We’re saving trees. It seems like a good thing, doesn’t it?
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Posts Categorized: Kindness
Comic Con, part II
I know I lead a pretty limited life. There’s lots and lots out there that happens without my ever seeing it or hearing it or even knowing about it. Like truck rallies, and lesser known sports like curling and skeet shooting (okay, I know they exist, but I don’t know anything about them). And life on Caribbean islands, and great wealth. Also things with which I am unfamiliar.
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From New York
It’s fun to visit different places and experience different kinds of things and see how people live in different ways. In New York City, in November, there were all sorts of different and new things.
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- I’ve complained to Kevin, my Pepsi connection, about how hard it is to find diet Sierra Mist in smaller quantities (not a big 2-liter). In Waco, impossible, but I see them when I’m in New York, and they’re even available on airplanes!
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- In Bryant Park (usually a nice, big green space close to the Main Public Library, the one with the lions), they’ve made a Christmas Village and put in a skating rink! But, this is mainly a photo of Jeremy and Sarah, watching the skaters.
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The GOOD Tissues
I don’t think physicians ever say, to an ailing patient, “You know, for your health, you should move to Central Texas.” We have acres of Cedar Juniper trees here, and lots of folks have allergy problems. I didn’t, when I was growing up here, but it seems like I do now.
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Fun with Meg and Jo
A couple of Wednesdays ago, I went back to West Avenue Elementary School to start Reading Club again. 
I have two of the girls from last year, but the third girl is going to a different school (say the other two girls). The school people said that I could choose the book for us to read this year, and showed me, in their library, all the books that they have “classroom sets” of. (In other words, multiple copies of the same book, so that students in an entire class can have their own copy to read.) I selected several books for the girls to choose from.
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Patience in the Face of a Smirk
When Kevin was a senior at TCU, he needed one more literature credit. He and a friend, Thomas, both chose a Science Fiction class to take. Their professor was interesting and likable. Thomas, who was from California, came home with Kevin for Thanksgiving that year. On the way from Fort Worth to Waco, they read aloud to each other from a book that was assigned for the class.
They kept on reading at our house, and I asked whatever WAS it that they were reading. Kevin showed me the book: Zombies of the Gene Pool. Really.
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Lunch!
Here’s one of my favorite quotes:
“Wild horses couldn’t drag a secret out of a woman. However, women seldom have lunch with wild horses.” Ivern Boyett*
A few years ago, David was employed as a researcher for a museum design company, and he worked at home. Sometimes, he would have lunch with a friend. He would leave at 11:30 or so and go meet the friend. Then, he’d be back home at 12:30. So, about ten minutes of travel each way; 20 minutes total travel time. Then parking, walking to the restaurant, getting seated, ordering. (Probably 10 more minutes; a total of 30 minutes so far.) And then, only 30 minutes for lunch. Seriously? Seriously! I would always be amazed when he got back home. That is so not the way I do lunch with friends.
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A Serendipity
Several years ago, my sister and I determined that, based on our behavior, the thing we most feared in all of life was getting stuck somewhere with nothing to read. In doctor’s offices, in carpool lines, while waiting for various appointments, we have stashed in our purses, the car pockets, inside jackets, coats and sweaters, a variety of books, magazines, and/or newspapers.
Modern audio options; well, the way things are improving and changing, they may be old and obsolete in a couple of years (or months)
I still feel that way; but things are so much easier now. I’ve got books on my phone’s Kindle app. No more lugging a whole book with me to doctors’ offices. (And no more relying on outdated or boring magazines there.) When I’m driving, whether in town or on the highway, I’m often listening. The library has Playaways, little audio book players that are smaller than my phone. I put in a AAA battery and ear buds, and I’m good for several hours. I can import audio disks to my computer, transfer them to the phone, and listen to a good book while I’m working in the yard or doing housework.
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Maybe They *Should* Be Called Whether-Men
Weather reporter. Prognosticator. Meteorologist. What a difficult job. We seem so very bad about blaming the weatherman (weather woman, weather girl, weather person) when the weather doesn’t turn out as predicted.
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What Shall It Be Today? The Silver Hoops? The Silver Rings? The Silver Leaves? The *Other* Silver Hoops?
I used to accessorize more, back when I was a reader of Seventeen magazine. I had different kinds of necklaces and pins and bracelets, and I carefully chose my earrings each day. I had scarves and knew how to wear them, I guess.
These days, I admire other ladies’ necklaces and bracelets, and, really, does anybody go out without a cute/charming/toasty/colorful scarf these days? At least besides me?
I don’t remember when I stopped being accessorized. I guess it just became more trouble that I was willing to give. And thank goodness ladies aren’t expected to wear hats and gloves to church any more!
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