Acronyms

“The problem with the younger generation is that I’m no longer part of it,” Mark Twain once famously penned. Wow, can I relate.

Just when I thought I was catching up, they go out and invent an entirely new language. I am becoming more and more frustrated trying to decipher emails/notes and text messages from people.  Some of my friends are quite proficient, but I’m conversational at best.

It’s quite demanding, so who can blame me for occasional mispronunciations? I said “IAE” at Laura Tingle and Erin Kummer’s pot luck dinner last night. Some of the young ‘uns reminded me that it’s supposed to be IAT (I am tired). Whatever.  Until Mark and JZ arrived (we are the same age), I was by far the oldest person at the shin-dig.  I scanned the houseful of people feeling like I was at a fraternity party.  I leaned over to Tingle and said, “I feel like the house mother right now!”.   As one of the guys...

Do you even need me to say anything? I didn’t think so.

Veterans Day: Giving Back….

Most everyone knows my philanthropy-of-choice will always be Cancer. Those who know me also know I volunteer, most especially during the holiday season, visiting patients in the oncology wing, and also trying to visit with their grief-stricken families. While I have no advanced degree in counseling or medicine, having lost my Mom to cancer when I was 15 brings with it a wealth of understanding of the disease and its lifetime effects on those left behind.

So, I will do my usual oncology visits… but this year I have added another cause already quite close to my heart. This year I have adopted a soldier!

I have no connection to the military. My Dad was in the Army in his early 20’s but served...

The Eerie Erie….

PLEASE BE WARNED. THIS BLOG CONTAINS MATERIAL NOT SUITED FOR CHILDREN – AND FOR FEW ADULTS. OR ADULTS WHO ARE REALLY CHILDREN. WHATEVER.
SENSE OF HUMOR REQUIRED IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ…..

On Halloween …. why not run? I mean, if you’re going to attend a costume party….
(yeah, a costume party, that’s what we’ll call it) … later in the evening, you should have a warmup to your intended later celebration.

So my good friend, Morgan, (previously pictured in the BUI Boulder post in Sept) asked if I wanted to run the Eerie Erie 5k with her, in Erie – about 10 miles from Boulder, for Halloween.

Morgan is a RUNNER. She is this wispy, beautiful...

It's not even Halloween yet!!!!

Again, welcome to Boulder.

Yesterday I was in shorts.

This morning these shots were taken…..

It has continued to snow …… it is expected to keep coming down through tomorrow. I still find this pretty (we’ll see if I am saying the same thing in a few weeks) ….

For the next couple of days, this is how I’ll be getting around town….

» read more