My daughter and I were driving home from a music rehearsal recently and we saw a flock of black, wild pigs cross the street in front of us. They ran – if that’s what you can call it when a pig goes really fast – and I think the one in front looked both […]
What is Up With Me
Things are pretty grim when I can’t even write a blog within a week’s time. I would say I’ve been really busy, but you all know I’m a housewife, so I won’t even bother. Some of my favorite bloggers start out their blogs by apologizing for not writing for stretches at a time. […]
Artsy Fartsy
My husband and I went to Arti Gras last weekend. Arti Gras is like Mardi Gras except you don’t have to dress like a purple and green jester and you don’t get drunk. And there is no parade and no King. And no beads and no jazz music. OK, so it’s not like Mardi […]
Don’t Quote Me
My list of English language pet peeves is short but stocky. There’s the apostrophication addiction, the less-vs-fewer thing, the comma before an and, and how the Brits and Canadians throw u’s in after almost every o. I know, I know, they invented the language and we’re just a bunch of Yankee pikers. But honestly, […]
Housewifery
I must take umbrage with a regular reader of Just Humor Me. You never know when you’re going to end up on the internet. Barbara, today’s your day. My husband told me last night that Barbara, longtime friend and prehistoric supporter of Just Humor Me, said in a meeting that there was an ad […]
Things I Don’t Understand
I’m not like most people. Most people hate to admit they don’t know the answer to questions, and will focus on what they do know until the cows come home. I look at the world as an infinite set of Encyclopedia Britannicas and I only know one small entry from the X-Y-Z volume. My husband […]