Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: August 2017

  • Two Once-in-a-Lifetime Experiences in Two Days

    We totally saw the total eclipse. When I booked the hotel in Cuba MO (where my Grandpa had a farm), the Path of Totality wasn’t over my house. Then, last month, NASA played with the estimates and I was one mile inside totality. Too bad. I still needed to go to Cuba for the eclipse.…

  • Adventure Week

    “Too much adventure!” Gary complained. “You scheduled too much for one week.” Hey, I thought, it’s not like that week we saw BNL in Albuquerque and then flew back and drove to Chicago to see Steven Page. Granted, we did pack a lot into this past week. So much that early in the week that…

  • Another Year Older, Another Year Closer to Retirement

    Aging was the theme for the week, beginning Thursday, when I turned 55. I’ve done everything new there is to do. Time to turn old. We’ve been playing with all the aging cliches lately. Every weekend Gary fills his pockets with Werther’s candy and we go to the matinee, so, two cliches down right there.…

  • In Which I Almost Participate in an Iconic Bit of Americana

    Last night when I turned in to the subdivision I notiiced a group of little girls running a lemonade stand. They waved wildly at me and yelled, “LEMONADE.” I didn’t stop. I’ve never even seen a real lemonade stand before. I didn’t quite know what to do. When I got home I hauled Gary out…