by skimhenson | Jan 31, 2011 | awareness and action, food
In our grocer’s bakery section, displayed in a glass along with other sweets, is the coast’s version of a Covered Wagon, a chocolate dessert only available, as far as we know, at McFarlan’s Bake Shop in Hendersonville, N.C. The local knockoff is a close...
by skimhenson | Jan 28, 2011 | funny ones, life improvement
Play on Saturday with Jeanie. It was an odd entry on my to-do list. The list that runs down the length of my desk. Onto the floor. Curls past my office door and into the hallway. It’s long. Just then, while thinking about the length of my list, I remembered that...
by skimhenson | Jan 24, 2011 | funny ones
I’ve spent a lot of time googling, even though when I started, it wasn’t a verb. And now, after all this time, the word continues to be a controversial one. I’m typically a conformist when I think I might be judged, but not this time. In my defense, I...
by skimhenson | Jan 21, 2011 | balance
The conversation went something like this … Me: If it sounds like birds under my hood, what could it be? Spouse: I don’t know. Me: So, is it okay to drive it? Spouse: Probably. Me: There wouldn’t really be birds under there. I’d hate to…well, you know. Spouse:...
by skimhenson | Jan 17, 2011 | dog tales, love and grace
If there’s such a thing as a furry soul mate, Savannah is mine. She’s a mixed black lab with pretty mismatched eyes, and she belongs to our daughter and her fiancé. At first I missed this whole bonding thing we had going on. In fact, Savannah aggravated me a lot...