Real Life Sheldon Cooper…Or Lucy without Ethel

It was nowhere near this cordial.So, it's Winter Break from Clemson (Christmas, Hannukah, Eid, Kwanza, etc. etc.) and I have literally not left the house since Monday, Christmas Day, when we went to Atlanta. This is a good thing, as I spend a great deal of my time Not Home and Commuting and At Clemson,… Continue reading Real Life Sheldon Cooper…Or Lucy without Ethel

On Families, Ramps, Sprouts and Sock Puppies…

Blackberry Wallpaper, December 2011, a photo by Nancy Dunne on Flickr.This weekend was the annual Christmas gathering of my mother's side of the family. In fact, they get together four times a year, but the Christmas gathering has been special in my mind since I was a child. While it was always good to see… Continue reading On Families, Ramps, Sprouts and Sock Puppies…

Oh Christmas Tree…and other traditions

Sparkly!!All my anti-holiday sentiment seems to have reversed itself in a fiery blaze of lights and stockings and tinsel and I'm all about Christmas now!  Amazing what one most-certainly overpriced plane ticket will do for one's outlook, isn't it?I'm noticing the Christmas decorations in the stores.  I even purposefully turned the radio to one of… Continue reading Oh Christmas Tree…and other traditions