Life in the Gravy
A wordslinger's view of life past 40.. or 50..

Archive for May, 2009

Channeling My Domestic Goddess

May 6, 2009

She’s in there, and speaks to me often. But I’m usually too busy coming up with lame excuses to pay attention to her.
Last Saturday, though, in a fit of uncharacteristic domesticity, I listened.  What prompted this?  Friends who’d stayed with me for a week used the refrigerator as a depository for canned dog food for [...]

Livin’ The Dream

May 2, 2009

My friend Dave is making it work. He talked about it for a long time, figured out his niche, scraped like mad, and then it happened–His first movie trailer.
Karen’s family left the nest. She worried about money and what would come next. I asked her what she wanted to do. “Um, maybe get [...]