Maddie's Mom Writes

Category: This and That

  • If You Can

    If you can, then you should. If you should, then you must. If you must, then you can. I woke up in the middle of the night last night and had the above thought. It seemed absolutely brilliant at the time. Often such things do. I repeated it to myself several times so that I…

  • Murphy’s Law

    Over the years I’ve had a lot of experiences with machines of all kinds. Some have been pleasant and some have been decidedly not. The mimeograph machine that I had to use in high school comes to mind as a good example of the latter. It seems that my most frustrating experiences with machines have…

  • Was my Grandmother a Tart?

    With the arrival of spring, the weeds are popping up all over where I live. We have a lot of different kinds of grasses. Some of the blades are fairly wide. For some reason or other, I was reminded of how you can take a blade of grass, stretch it between your thumbs and then…

  • It’s so Frustrating

    Quite some time ago, Costco stopped carrying their huge cans of tomato puree. The can was so large that I only needed the one can in order to make five one-quart jars of spaghetti sauce. I have so many food allergies that I can’t buy ready-made spaghetti sauce. Well, actually, for the most part I…

  • Worry gets You Nowhere

    I try not to worry as a general rule. I consider outcomes and postulate responses. I prepare. I don’t deny that a problem might exist. It’s just that I don’t want to fret about it. Worry gets me nowhere good and often hurts me. But it’s hard not to worry right now. My sister says…

  • What a Mess

    I went out on Friday, yesterday, to do my regular weekly grocery shopping. People are crazy. I’d like to say that’s all I’m going to say about that, but it’s not. Warning. This is a rant. I usually have at least two stops to make on my Friday shopping run. Yesterday, I had five. I…

  • Eating Out vs. Eating In

    It’s never really been a question for me. Well, for the last 30 years or so anyway. I eat in. I have so many food allergies that it is almost impossible for me to eat out. That is unless I want a plain baked potato or a salad without dressing. Neither of those is all…

  • What to do in the Days to Come

    I wrote about hard choices yesterday. It was prompted by a scenario that is unlikely to ever happen to me. Thank goodness. But I thought the whole issue of hard choices was very appropriate to the current situation. I’ve asked myself what I would do if I thought someone near me might be sick with…

  • Hard Choices

    Sometimes when I am at a loss for something to write about, I turn to “The Book of Questions” by Gregory Stock, PH.D. I open it at random (or my best approximation of random because I’ve opened it so many times that some pages come up more often than others) and see if the question…

  • Corona Virus Panic

    I won’t say this is not a serious issue. But the panic over it seems to me to be disproportionate to the danger. And this business of stocking up for a siege is inconsiderate of the needs of others. I was at our local Costco last week on Friday. I go out every Friday and…