Thank you all for my birthday wishes on my last post. it's enough to make a girl want to come back here and share some more stuff. FALL on the hot streets Finally, the stank of summer is starting to lift, just a tad. I've been able to get back to being a lady of …
Continue reading Street walking resumes, survey says, my ironic rage?
We're all aging, don't you know. Do you spell it: aging, or ageing? I always go with NO E, but I often see it with an E, and I don't like the way it looks. Apparently, both are correct, but if you're American, you're more likely to skip the E. By the way, it's ok …
Continue reading September happenings (babies, birthdays, despair, who’s my daddy?)
Ahhh, music, it really takes you places. F*T*R*H The first few beats of Tom Petty's American Girl immediately make me think of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. FTAR came out in 1982, when I was fifteen years old; to say I learned a lot from this movie would be an understatement. I mean, I didn't …
Continue reading Music memory, browsing-induced grudge, Wordle wonder
Let's catch up, shall we? Anniversaries, of sorts. I forgot that I had my Seventeen year blog anniversary in August. Two thousand eight was a tough year, and thankfully blogging was free. Do ya'll remember that era? The economy tanked, our business took a big hit. This was the first time in our relationship that …
Continue reading Milestones, mama bear to the rescue, the toadest toad
The weekend before last we hosted our annual Songwriters For Vets event. This year we had to move it to another venue/hotel as the one we currently use was undergoing a renovation of their ballrooms. Everything went beautifully. I know I've said it before, but my husband and his team kick literal ass--they are rockstars …
Continue reading Another successful event, now with special (party-ing) parting gifts
Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
