Last night set a record low temperature in my part of Texas. 41 degrees, which broke the previous record of 44 more than 30 years ago. Forty-one degrees on a May evening in Texas is unheard of. I had to rummage around to even find a sweater. Forty-four is not so cold, but it feels [...]
Yes here she is – the woman that all little girls in the 60s wanted to grow up to be. Or at least the woman their mothers wanted them to be. Perfect woman, perfect job, and she owes it all to her typing skills. The lovely nails are thanks to Underwood’s patented half-moon keys which allowed [...]
Some store signs are funny on purpose. We’ve all seen this one… …and its cousins and even: Some are accidentally funny. What? And some are actually improved by graffiti: These are called “Editing by Graffiti” and there are some hilarious ones here although not all are suitable for children or the easily offended. Recently on [...]
Two of the things I really love are fabric art and gardening. Two of the things I really hate are reading and following instructions. So both my fabric art and my gardening are catch-as-catch-can to use a phrase I also love. Sometimes they work out and sometimes they dont. This didn’t: It’s a bag made [...]
Leonie is not quite enough. Not quite beautiful enough or interesting enough or informative enough. The subject is fascinating – Leonie Gilmour was the ahead-of-her-time, restless, intelligent, rebellious mother of artist Isamu Noguchi. She was a writer, journalist, educator and lover of the poet Yone Noguchi. She lived as she wanted, and raised her children [...]
Was it yesterday morning that Emily and I had the fight about her socks? Those lines on the toes – she can never get them right. They have to be perfectly aligned and on the exact spot on her toes. Socks that worked just fine last week are suddenly deemed completely unacceptable. Four or five [...]
Okay… now I’m happy. Almost. Here are the three views of my finished over the counter display: And the other side: Only a couple of concerns: the red bowl sitting on the red box is wrong; they’re too close to being the same size. What is needed is a big red bowl. Hmmmm… I may [...]
Nobody would ever call me obsessive. I’m usually pretty laid-back about most things, and obsessive about very few. But something about this kitchen makeover has my nerves ajangle. Here we are before: Here we are when I THOUGHT I was finished: And here we are today: Going backwards you say? Oh, yes I am. [...]
Okay, first a spoiler. I did NOT renovate my entire kitchen for $78. No appliances were replaced in the making of this story. I didn’t even paint any walls. I did, however, make it better and in doing so made myself happier. This is the display area of my kitchen cabinet before. Not horrible, and [...]
Lately when his wants are blocked, my grandson James has taken to shouting “No talking!” His mother told him that was rude. She said “Don’t say ‘no talking”. So now when unhappy he says “DON’T SAY NO TALKING!” James has an excuse – he’s two. I don’t know what the library grandmother’s excuse was. I [...]
Nancy Burks Worcester is a storyteller, actress, musican and ventriloquist with more than 20 years experience. She has entertained audiences from Mexico to Newfoundland and all states in between...