Monthly Archives: August 2016

Ms. Natural Woman

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Taking a long puff on her cigarette, she gave me a hard look. “You have pretty, big hair,” she said, as I went through the door of the building where I work. The smokers hang around outside to pursue their … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Humor | Tagged Chitchat, Color hair, Dye hair, Grey hair, hair, hair color, Hair cosmetics, Hair products, Ladies Lunch, Natural color | 10 Comments

A Tribute to Jason

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Hi Jason, I was your customer yesterday at Walmart. It was a bad week at my house. The washing machine rolled over and died, then the clock radio committed suicide too. Funny thing, I woke up without the radio to … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Shopping | Tagged buying, cash register, Checkout, Courtesy, Customers, Discount Stores, Employees, Irritate customers, Labor shortage, Menial jobs, Tribute, Walmart, workers | 12 Comments

Parking World

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Sheila Moss

I love parking garages! Nearly all of us who work in the city get to enjoy their attractive surroundings. Gray is my favorite color and bare concrete caresses my eyes with its raw and natural beauty. The garage where used to park … Continue reading →

Posted in Automotive, Humor, Rants | Tagged Bare concrete, Bewilderment, Chaos, Confused drivers, Crime, Inefficiency, Lost cars, parking, Parking garages, Parking spot, Structural engineering, Unattractive structures | 2 Comments

Jimbo’s Famous Baked Potato

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Jimbo’s is a place like no other. They sell baked potatoes. Well, actually, they sell “fixings,” the baked potato is almost incidental. Jimbo’s is really a hot dog joint. It seems as if it should be named “Jumbo’s,” but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Humor | Tagged Baked Potato, Fixings, Food to go, Loaded potato, Mom & Pop Shop, Ordering food, Potato, Small businesses, Special order, Spud | 5 Comments

An Art Exhibit

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Can you believe that Nashville, the same city that produced Country Music and the Tennessee Titans, could actually produce culture? I treated myself to a bit of this culture, an art exhibit. Now this was not the ordinary garden variety of art; … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Entertainment, Humor | Tagged art, Art Exhibit, Bolshevik, Common people, Museums, Paintings, Portraits, Realism, Rural Russian, Russian Art, Working people | Leave a comment

Never Buy a Tiffany Lamp

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Sheila Moss

I confess. I have a weakness for online auctions. I used to become caught up in auction fever and stay up all night in order to bid at the final moment. I am happy to report that I no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Humor, Shopping | Tagged Art-nouveau, Buyer Beware, Customer Service, Knock-offs, Lamps, online shopping, Redecorate, Tiffany | 4 Comments

Recovering Momacholic

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Sheila Moss

The kids have grown up now. They are gone – but not forgotten. Some people lament the fact that children become adults and leave the nest. Not me! I still remember how it was when my three urchins were small. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor | Tagged Being Mom, Bombeck, children, Empty nest, growing up, kids, Lonesomeness, memories, Moms, Motherhood, Raising Children, Recovering Mom, Shopping | 5 Comments

Big Hair

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Sheila Moss

Beautiful Curls by Martin de Witt (CC BY 2.0) 8/16/11 I don’t have BAD hair days– I have BIG hair days! My hair is so BIG that it gets tangled with my eyelashes. My hair is so BIG that I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Humor | Tagged Bad hair, Beautician, Beauty, Blow-dryer, Combing, Curls, Frizzy hair, Funny, hair, satire, Shampoo, Tangles, Teased hair | 5 Comments

You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Sheila Moss

People are lamenting the traffic congestion on the local Interstate and wishing it could be widened. If they think it is bad now, they should have been out there the last time the road was widened. Traffic flow? Ha, what’s that? There was no such … Continue reading →

Posted in Automotive, Humor, Rants | Tagged Carpooling, Commuting, Construction, Creative driving, Freeway, Frontage roads, HOV lane, Interstate highway, Orange barrels, Rubbernecking, Traffic congestion, Traffic jam | 5 Comments

Olympic Prodigy

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Sheila Moss

I have been to the mountain – Mt. Olympia, that is. I have seen the Olympics. And now I have a dream. My granddaughter can do that! She could be an Olympian. She is already almost potty trained, exactly the right age … Continue reading →