Faithful Detroit Tigers follower, BUT...

The commercials they slip in between innings need a change.  The young, descent looking ladies holding a bat is getting boring.  How about middle aged (or slightly above) being 'bat holders'?  I would qualify and a little more variety wouldn't be all bad.  Raquel Welch I'm not (how many are)?  Alright, so I look more like Lon Chaney Jr.  Really, variety is a good thing and I fit that category, I swear.........................marge

Danger danger Will Robinson!

It would seem that some or all new garden hoses have permanent labels that read as follows.  'Not for drinking water'.  Garden hoses are for gardens, right?  If they're not safe to drink from, are they safe to use for the vegetables and fruit (grape vines) we grow in our yards?  Are we contaminating the foods we plan on consuming?  From where and whom do we get answers?  We need to know.  The sooner, the better.........................marge....PS.  One of the items we should be concerned about in these new hoses, appears to be lead.

The fall of Detroit. Don't blame it on the auto workers

I didn't go to college and study the rise and fall of urbanism.  What I've observed though, over the years, is the following and I'm not talking about all Detroit business people and school employees/managers.  A few, it doesn't take many, apparently have been skimming and robbing Detroit for decades.  These two entities have been self destructing the system for many years with seemingly no one noticing (really?) or doing anything about it.  Integrity is becoming a word with no meaning.  Its everyone for themselves.  I think they call it 'Detroit, as usual'............marge

Boston Fern follow up.

For those breathlessly awaiting a report on the 'repotted' Boston Fern.  It has taken a couple of days but it's finally showing signs of overcoming the traumatization of its transplant.  I'm asked about my fantastic ability to raise, not one, but two fern  plants.  The second one's fronds are reaching over two feet in length.  Someone asked what was my watering timetable.  My answer:  I stick my finger in the dirt and if it comes out clean and mostly dry, I water them.  My daughter, the Master Gardener, shakes her head and sighs BUT, is beginning to believe in my (honestly, I really think so) intuitive method of Fern nurturing.  I admit however, I'm about to throw away my old videos of 'The Body Snatchers' and 'The Day of the Triffids'.  It getting a little too scary around here, the ferns just keep getting bigger and BIGGER!................marge

George Zimmerman

The NRA must be proud of itself about now.  George Zimmerman has a record of assaulting a police officer and being charged with domestic violence and he still got to carry a sidearm??  The fact he wouldn't listen to a police dispatcher telling him to not go after the young man, more than once, is hardly worth mentioning, is it?  And yes, that IS sarcasm...............marge

They won't let me watch

In my living room, which is '17 x '11 1/2 ft., there are two thriving Boston Ferns.  The smaller one, on a just over three ft. stand, has several, over two feet tall fronds ready to tip downward, making yet another new layer of fronds.  The lowest 'leaf' is less than two feet from touching the floor.  My bigger, original fern, sits on a five ft. ladder.  I bought this once small plant at half price several years ago and nurtured it to where it is today.  Its lowest frond, is just over a foot from reaching the floor.  It has been repotted before and is now ready for yet another, larger pot.  Herein lies the problem.  My daughter, in addition to being a welder ( I have one nine and one four foot giraffe in my back yard ) is also a Master Gardener.  She and her husband are going to take my 'baby' out of its home for the past couple of years and be putting it into a bigger 'home' (pot).  I think I should be ever so present to safely guide them in this delicate transfer process.  In other words, 'supervise them'.  And why not I ask?  Never ask.  One doesn't like to discover one is considered ( politely of course ) an, 'untrained meddler and this room isn't big enough for the three of us mom'!  I'll keep you posted..............marge

Dead and beautiful?

I, as you probably know am not into makeup.  I am what I am and redder lips and cheeks and longer eye lashes AND whatever, aren't going to do it for me.  Now comes the real question.  Why is it so important to look good in a casket?  Will it make YOU feel better?  Granted, it will give you the chance to say, "My, doesn't she/he look good".  Oh how many times I've heard that over the years.  But honestly, three days after burial, will it really really matter?  What matters is, my children want to bury me in a tutu (I can't remember why) and fill the casket with vinegar (I once, when they were younger, went on a 'vinegar in your diet is good for you!' phase) and a few Bingo cards.  The Bingo cards to show I didn't use my brain power to its fullest.  If you get to the wake first, PLEASE, close the casket and quickly spray the room with air freshener!  I thank you....................marge