It’s amazing the thoughts that can occur to a woman when her retired husband’s alarm rings at 5:30 AM for no good reason, and she can’t return to blissful sleep. Some of these thoughts aren’t particularly cheery. I’ve always believed that life is full of hills and valleys. Perhaps the secret to achieving some degree [...]
Archive for the ‘Kvetching and Whining’ Category
Balance in Life
Posted in "Growing up", Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Customer Service is Dead
Posted in Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining, Outdoors, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns, Technology, The Economy on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Customer Service is Dead We’ve all been disappointed and frustrated for years now by the misnomer “customer service”. Once upon a time, in a land, far, far away from our present reality, a regular person could place a phone call to any reputable company, reach and converse with another regular person in customer service and [...]
When it Rains, it Pours
Posted in "Growing up", Health, Kvetching and Whining on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whine, whine, whine. I’ve been a minor mess lately. Perhaps my age is catching up with me. Zack has this rule that when we’re with other people we are NOT allowed to discuss our ailments. So I hate to be one of those folks who says, “I was fine until I hit age ____, and [...]
Children and Other People, Not Mine
Posted in "Growing up", Children, Ethics, Kvetching and Whining on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Other people I’m not a curmudgeonly W.C. Fields, but I’m not a “baby person” either. Frankly, I suspect I’m not much of a people person. Most of my pursuits are more solitary. I’m not that woman who can’t wait to hold your baby and play with it, talk to it, coo over it. Does this [...]
Magical Age
Posted in "Growing up", Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whine, whine, whine. I’ve been a minor mess lately. Perhaps my age is catching up with me. Zack has this rule that when we’re with other people we are NOT allowed to discuss our ailments. So I hate to be one of those folks who says, “I was fine until I hit age ____, and [...]
Older or Wiser?
Posted in "Growing up", Creativity, Education, Kvetching and Whining, Technology on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wish people would please stop texting me. Folks seem to assume that everyone uses all this new technology. I don’t totally live in the past. I love my computer, DISH Network, DVR, running water. But I’ve explained that I don’t text. I don’t want to. It would require the use of reading glasses. Anyone [...]
Why I Didn’t Write
Posted in Children, Kvetching and Whining on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why I Went Missing Back in September: I thought it more than a little odd that my daughter Becca announced early in the week she’d be here for some R&R that Friday. We rarely know her plans until the last minute. I don’t think she does either. She certainly doesn’t often share them with us [...]
Life Happens
Posted in "Growing up", Children, Family, Holidays, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking that everyone should have the occasional vacation. As I was late writing my column anyway, perhaps this would be a good time to take a week off. But then I started feeling guilty and decided surely I could come up with something to say. Life presents experiences. Experiences spark thought, introspection, and [...]
The Land Goes On
Posted in Kvetching and Whining, Pets/ Animals, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I’ve whined about rainfall, politicians, people in general, butterflies, birds, and other topics. Lest you mistakenly believe we no longer experience minor catastrophes on the ranch, let me set you straight. CITY FOLKS ask if this is our main residence, our “real” home. Well, yes, it is. We KNOW it’s old and quirky, with [...]
