Today isn’t a joke holiday- sorry if that is what you are looking for. Today is American Legion Day. My father is the commander of a small Legion post. He’s been a member of this post since before I was born. I have many childhood memories of his marching in the Memorial Day parade. Come rain or shine he was… Read more »
If you didn’t notice it, please go back and look at the photo for this post. You’re back? Good. As long as you didn’t cheat, you saw a photo of a well-worn handmade quilt. I love that quilt. I use it when i watch TV. My grandma made that quilt for me. I can’t remember exactly when I got it,… Read more »
Here is a fun one for nerds- it’s National Ampersand day! For the younger folks, you probably know this as “the and sign”. Sure, there isn’t any real reason to get excited about a punctuation mark, but then again why not? Why not find any excuse to have a little fun? And fun words are an easy, simple thing. So… Read more »
We’ve all heard that the little things in life are the important things. That the little things are the big things. I’m not sure that I buy that 100% but I WILL admit that little things can make a huge difference! Case in point- recently we got a new showerhead. Not normally a huge cause for celebration, but holy… Read more »
After I went to Miami a couple years ago I wrote about how I was bringing skirts and dresses back into my life: https://beckypalmer.me/?p=4957 Since then I’ve added more to my summer wardrobe rotation. But there was still something missing most of the time. My knees. I have a medium sized scar under my right knee. I got it… Read more »
Today we commemorate the passing of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution- the amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. In light of recent events and some of the rhetoric coming from the far right this seems more important than ever. I recently read The Handmaid’s Tale. I enjoyed it but it did also make me realize how fragile… Read more »
This might make me sound old. But hey- I am old. Whatever happened to shame? There is a guy online who started a conversation about how many times he’d shit himself at concerts. There are people who think nothing of telling everyone on Tik Tok exactly how much credit card debt they are in AND the really stupid crap they… Read more »