It is Sunday, and our TV viewing for the evening is planned. Are there any ABC shows in our line up tonight?

I think not. I am not even bothering with "Desperate Housewives" this year. After I saw the props for the "plane crash" last year I… Read full post »

 Please play while reading. This was my sister's favourite song.

On August 3rd, 1997, my only sibling, a sister named Robin died.  She had barely reached the age of 41.

I had personally watched everyone in my family fade to zero, but she had been the … Read full post »

"Did you ever make a call you didn't intend to make while your cell phone was in your pocket or your purse? Perhaps you've been on the receiving end of such a call. "

This was Bluestocking Babe's Open Call I got in in my Inbox this morning.

Saturday is a… Read full post »

                                       Trost's OC:  No BS 25

The Laugh first...You need to… Read full post »

When my son Sky was in elementary school, all he wanted to do was be a mascot for Scholastic Books.

He longed to wear a Clifford the Dog, or Franklin the Turtle costume for the annual book fair. He loved to read, and I never censored anything, nor did the… Read full post »

While I work on my online business I always flip back and forth to Open Salon. I had no idea what to do today with the site down. This is what I tried to do:

 


I tried to watch the A &E DVD called "Buried Alive", but I cannot figure out the… Read full post »

So what do you do when your unemployment runs out? What do you do when you can't seem to find a job?

In my life I have re-created myself many times. I have worked for other people for only seven years of my life. It is not… Read full post »

To my dearest children, their spouses, and my friends.

Here are some things you may not have known about me. Maybe you do not care to know. But my darlings, you know me, you are going to hear them anyways. I have no secrets, and my life is an open… Read full post »

First it was Atkins, then Cabbage Soup, then low fat, then low carb. When celebrities use their status to promote their views, everyone follows them.

Gwyneth Paltrow is a huge human megaphone on all things "food" these days. Her blog called Goop spreads her love with weekly emails.

Now she is… Read full post »

 It's 9:30 am and I am running late. Dr Oz has been spreading his ' fear talk' for the last thirty minutes, and I need to get out of here.

But, at this moment I am reading Open Salon blogs from fellow writers. They used to be… Read full post »

In Cranbrook British Columbia this week, a woman and her teenage son were charged with lacing Gummy Bears with LSD. Yes, once again the Mounties got their man. Or, in this case a woman, and her 18 year old son.

But in another Keystone Cops… Read full post »

 "Bella, did you know Grandma Linda was born in Quebec, Canada ?"

"Is she French?" asked Bella

"No, she isn't, but she speaks both French and English, because Canada is a bilingual country." said Romeo.

"Did you know she ate all sorts of weird Quebec food growing up?"

"How… Read full post »

If McDonalds can advertise over 245 billion sold, I figure I can also speak about a few things too.

Linda Seccaspina and her stores sold over 10,000 drag queens their wigs, underwear, and their stage clothes from 1974-1997, and she loved each and every one of them.

There is absolutely… Read full post »

Update.. we figured it out..

Firefox upgraded yesterday and since then we have not been able to load pictures on OS. NO problem emailing them or posting them anywhere else.

So the smart one in my family went to Internet Explorer and got them to load up but as he said… Read full post »

Please do play the video as you read this.

As I reach for my hellium balloon to fly away to parts unknown, I see them all waving.

Once smaller than church mice, my sons now almost touch the sky.

The water is still, as I… Read full post »

Many many years  ago I was eavesdropping outside where my sons were playing with their friends.  I heard one say to my son Sky,

"You know my Mother says your Mum is weird, but you know what? Your Mum rocks!"

I smiled quitely, and kept on watering the flowers. I heard one… Read full post »

So much going on in the world, so much hate, and so many memories.

Does anyone even want to read something funny these next few days? Does anyone care?  Should I even bother to try and lighten someone' s day;  even though I feel like crying too?

 … Read full post »

I wrote this in 1995 under a nom de plume.

Because I was knew people that were into 'much needed anger management sex' and sold props that could be used for 'said people' that liked 'anger sex', I consider this erotica.

Nothing like a tongue lashing to provide a pleasureable… Read full post »

I have lots of funny stories to tell you about my trip. Yes, lots of them, but my mind is not allowing me to do them today. 

No, I cannot go into my notebook that is  filled with long hand written notes about a journey that… Read full post »

 Please kindly click on the music before you begin.

In my heart I still love you.

You gave me comfort when I was sad, or when hunger filled my mind.

You were always there for me, and you held my hand… Read full post »

Yesterday, I got this flyer in the mail from KFC. They had a spectacular photogenic family on the front dressed in white T shirts. Yes, they were smiling from ear to ear as if worshipping the fried chicken gods.

"Back to School  Family Special " for only $19.99 CDN stated… Read full post »

What does anyone in US power do when they want to blame someone for terrorists  slipping through the borders?

Who does a lot of the US population think is funny?

Open Salon has been broken for the last few days. Who should we blame?

As the animated series South Park says,

"Blame… Read full post »

As an author do you write what you feel without thoughts of others?

Do you have remorse after you write and publish sometimes ?

Even if it might be disturbing to some, do you still  write it because it is factual?

Do I write about one of the biggest… Read full post »

As a child, my grandmother used to tell me all sorts of stories about the depression.

Every morning she would make sandwiches for hungry people knocking on her door. Her weathered screened verandah became a shelter for five or six people a night who had no place… Read full post »

Friday night my daughter in law stood at my bedroom door at 11:30 pm and asked in a very concerned voice.

"Linda, are you awake?"

It seems that Jerome, the over size skunk that lives in the old playhouse, either came home drunk from 'The Moose',… Read full post »