Things Go Missing
November 28, 2011
Last week, Alice was unable to locate her curling iron.
After the Fall Casserole
November 21, 2011
Last Monday, at lunch time, Alice (age 96) and Celia (age 95) sat at their table scanning the coming week’s menu. “What is ‘Fall Casserole’?” Alice asked when she came to Friday’s fare.
Celia, who is disdainful of the cooking at The Place, didn’t bother to look up. “It’s probably made with leaves,” she said. Read the rest of this entry »
Seek and You Shall Find
November 15, 2011
WordPress provides me with a daily list of Google searches that show how people came across this blog.
The majority of the searches are understandable. The searcher keys in my name or the blog’s name. “Ring around the moon” is also popular and leads directly to Mattie, who represents the moon better than anybody.
But sometimes a searcher will type in something that leaves me baffled as to how that particular search term or phrase matched the seeker up with Alice.
Here’s an example of an actual phrase that landed someone here:
“may i go to the restroom coloring page”
The Four Tummies
November 7, 2011
Alice has been complaining that her “tummy keeps getting larger” and more “poofed out.” My old friend Cheryl, a Pilates instructor, volunteered to help. Read the rest of this entry »

