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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010Maya Angelou is one of my favorite famous women. When she spoke at a local University, I arrived an hour early to try and snag a returned ticket for her sold out performance. Thirty or forty people had the same goal, all lined up in front of the ticket counter. Returns were […]
The Listening Man-gel
Monday, November 8th, 2010Does anything beat people watching? I had the opportunity yesterday to observe a most lovely man-gel exhibit more patience than I may ever be capable of. Standing over six feet tall, cut in a football player’s form, Listening Man-gel (L.M.) towered over a bird-like woman. Not […]
Rowing Man-gels
Monday, November 1st, 2010My ladies eight shell had taken a beating rowing on a horrendously windy day. Getting back to the dock was wicked, and we were all tired. Low and behold the men on our team were ready and waiting to take our oars in and help load the boat […]
Tyler Perry-this week’s Man-gel
Monday, October 25th, 2010 I recorded Tyler Perry being interviewed on the Oprah show last week. You all know I saw the Dalai Lama in person-so Tyler had to wait. Are you thinking, “why did you tape this?”
Tyler had the courage to speak about childhood physical and sexual abuse so devastating he had considered taking his own […]
Dalai Lama Man-gel
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010“Hey Lama!”
Believe it or not, it was a Chevy Chase quote from Caddyshack that came to mind after learning my son had bought tickets for me to see the Dalai Lama in person. I know, it sounds irreverent. But, I have a feeling the Lama himself would appreciate the humor. In […]
Neighborhood Man-gels
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010I have to admit to being a tad shortsighted in my last post. There wasn’t just one neighborhood man-gel who went above and beyond for our Octoberfest-there were several. Neighborhood man-gel (NM) #1 grilled bratwurst AND made baked beans from scratch-an eight hour job. […]
Party Man-gel
Monday, October 4th, 2010Last weekend, I sponsored an Octoberfest party for our neighborhood. Lucky for me, each neighbor offered to bring a dish or drinks! One particular gentleman called to RSVP, and then told me what he was bringing. The more the merrier is my motto so I was happy to hear from him.
I was […]
Business Owner Man-gel
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010“There’s still something wrong with my gears”, I told the bike shop owner.
He was polite, but his thoughts read “this is a cycling lightweight”. “Don’t worry we’ll take care of anything that goes wrong” was his verbal response.
I wasn’t sure he really meant that. Despite my mixed feelings about their intentions, the mechanics had […]
English Channel Man-gel
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 During a recent “catch-up” conversation, one of our family’s twenty-something year old friends ripped the rug of mundane chit-chat out from under me.
“I think I want to swim the English Channel”, he said as if it were the same as telling me he was going […]
Pick-up Truck Man-gel
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Labor Day was picture perfect for riding a bike-so of course-it had to be done in a big way with my biking partner. Plus, we were preparing for a 150 mile charity ride. That gave us and extra dose of “mileage commitment ”. Starting off early […]
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