by Susan Annette Smith | Nov 1, 2017 | My Serious Side
Older women can teach us a lot if we just watch and listen. Sometimes they set out to teach a lesson, and sometimes it just happens. I’m pretty sure the Shoe Lady didn’t intend to instruct anybody in the fine art of shopping when she rolled out of bed that morning,...
by Susan Annette Smith | Sep 19, 2017 | Miscellaneous Malarkey
Fall officially arrives later this week, but I’m not quite finished with summer yet. Apparently, at least one other living thing isn’t either! The brown paper bag of pecans I gathered from a riverbank sat ignored on a shelf for months until, admitting to...
by Susan Annette Smith | Aug 7, 2017 | My Serious Side
It’s been a long dry summer for me, literally as well as creatively. After more than two months with no rain at all, the thunderstorm finally came this morning, and my first cup of coffee and I were on the back porch by 6:15. Half a cup later, I gave in to the...
by Susan Annette Smith | Apr 25, 2017 | Miscellaneous Malarkey
Like I wrote in a previous post,I come from a long line of fit-pitchers on both sides of my family, none of whom would waste their energy on anything less than a full-blown fit. My father’s family is so good at fit-pitchin’ that they developed a pet term...
by Susan Annette Smith | Apr 18, 2017 | Miscellaneous Malarkey
Awhile back, the Goat and I helped my aunt and uncle move into an assisted living apartment and got an unsolicited bonus: front row tickets to a major fit-pitchin’. My aunt, the fit-pitcher, had been working up to it for several weeks. The fit started with a medley of...
