Music is in our family’s heritage.  Every holiday we would gather the extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and have a big buffet meal; everyone brought something to eat as a contribution.  We would visit for a while and then the instruments would come out and the party would really begin!  My relatives would [...]

Yesterday I drove past the local ice cream parlor that closes during the winter.  It has just reopened for the season, and there must have been about 200 people in line waiting to order their ice cream!  I had to chuckle - every time I drive past that place I remember the first time I went [...]

This morning when I was leaving work, I was noticing a class of school bus driver trainees being instructed on the pre-trip instruction part of a school bus driver’s exam.
I noticed that the instructor was talking on her cell phone, and it sparked a memory that I wanted to share/vent with you.
When I was in [...]

I drink a lot of ginger ale because I seem to have a queasy stomach, and get motion sickness easily.  I haven’t found an “over the counter” product that will settle my stomach any better than ginger ale that won’t make me sleepy.
I guess my predisposition to a queasy stomach is something I was simply born [...]