Sherry | March 30, 2007
A couple of years ago we were over on the “other” coast, enjoying a reunion of the Nill clan. As timing would have it, we were together on the day that would have been my dad’s 100th birthday had he lived past his 92nd year. Unable to ignore such an excuse for a celebration, we [...]
Sherry | March 25, 2007
By now you’re aware that I’m a little weird, that I get a kick out of out-of-the-ordinary things. Like that sentence, for example. How often do I get to legitimately write “out of out of”? Lately I’ve been looking through old pictures, pictures I’ve already “discarded.” I needed that word in quotes because, obviously, I [...]
Sherry | March 14, 2007
I married a silly man. Not that this was a surprise to me.
A couple of years ago we were in a consignment shop in Portland and he picked up a teddy bear and bought it. He named it “TB” and introduced him to his new “home” on our bed. I would find TB in [...]
Sherry | March 2, 2007
Last week I promised my sister-in-law Suzie that I would stop my low-carb (read: high-fat) eating program. I had committed to a full year of good behavior with only one hot chocolate a week for my splurge. But she convinced me that consuming high volumes of fat is very bad for me. After all, she [...]