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Wouldn't you like to be a grudger, too? | Moment's Notice
grudge v. : to be unwilling to give or admit: give or allow reluctantly or resentfully n. : a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will The other day at a meeting, someone made... — Updated 5/25/2023
Buen provecho: Comfort food in Puerto Rico | Moment's Notice
Imagine your favorite restaurant or café, the place you go when you want to relax or share stories with friends and family. The dishes come, you put your napkin in your lap, pick... — Updated 5/11/2023
Steeped in history: Fancy a cup of tea? | Moment's Notice
“Under certain circumstances, there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James Few bites compare to a... — Updated 4/20/2023
Memories of home | Moment's Notice
Growing up, I spent a lot of time reading. My mom would say that hours would go by and they would not see me unless they peeked into my room to find me in a corner, usually sitting... — Updated 3/30/2023
Listen up: Mansplainin', Part II | Moment's Notice
“Most women do not have to think too hard about it, as we are utterly familiar.” – Yours truly, in this column two weeks ago My goodness, I certainly received a lot of... — Updated 3/16/2023
Mansplaining: You know what you need to do | Moment's Notice
"Men explain things to me, and facts do not get in their way" – Rebecca Solnit Molly Tuttle, one of the most extraordinary bluegrass singers, composers, and guitar players, won a... — Updated 3/2/2023
Unidentified objects in magical places | Moment's Notice
“There's a starman waiting in the sky/He's told us not to blow it/'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile” - David Bowie Is there a difference between an unidentified flying... — Updated 2/16/2023
Comfortably numb? | Moment's Notice
Desensitization: noun. The process of reducing or eliminating sensitivity; the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation. I have always said I want to... — Updated 2/2/2023
Starting off the new year … with a cough | Moment's Notice
Before the holidays, we read and heard the reports about a tripledemic, about the virulent flu strains, and about RSV more intense than in past years, not to mention the common cold... — Updated 1/19/2023
Snowy holidays: Delightful, thoughtful | Moment's Notice
Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Like the song says, if the weather has to be... — Updated 12/24/2022 Full story
We know too much to go back and pretend | Moment's Notice
“I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.” – Helen Reddy My mom loves to tell a story from my childhood of one... — Updated 12/8/2022
Thanks for … everything | Moment's Notice
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” —Willie Nelson Thanks (n) 1: kindly or grateful thoughts: GRATITUDE 2: an expression of gratitude / — ofte... — Updated 11/22/2022
Taking chances | Moment's notice
“Just because I got the Lifetime Achievement Award doesn’t mean I’m done.” – Dolly Parton I avoid fortune tellers, psychics, tarot card readers. It is not because I do or do not believe in their abilities — I do not... — Updated 11/10/2022
What's in a date? | Moment's Notice
Anniversary, celebration, remembrance, birthday, National Day of … Oct. 24 was National Chicken Fried Steak Day, National Day of the Deployed, National Mincemeat, Mule Day, and... — Updated 10/27/2022
Chasing firetrucks | Moment's Notice
Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and... — Updated 10/13/2022
Who gets the luck? | Moment's Notice
"Luck is preparation meeting opportunity." – Oprah Winfrey This past week, I had the honor of traveling to Washington, D.C., with scholars and alumni from my scholarship organizat... — Updated 10/6/2022
Goodbye, snollygoster. Hello, aporophobia? | Moment's Notice
During a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Madrid a few years ago, I visited the mecca of the Spanish language: the Real Academia Española, the defender of proper Spanish. I grew up... — Updated 9/14/2022
15: Complex, triangular, pernicious, and much more | Moment's Notice
Fifteen, 15. It’s a complex number. It’s a composite number (formed through multiplication), a deficient number (like all prime numbers, but it’s not prime), a pernicious number (oh, forget it), and a bell number (won’t... — Updated 8/31/2022
Demogorgons? Suspending your disbelief | Moment's Notice
disbelief (n): Refusal or reluctance to believe. 2. Positive unbelief; the conviction that a proposition or statement for which credence is demanded is not true. 3. A negation or... — Updated 8/18/2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream | Moment's Notice
Money does not buy happiness, but it does buy ice cream. With the recent heat wave, we made the decision to have ice cream for lunch on Sunday. It felt more like logical thinking th... — Updated 8/4/2022
Keep on rockin' in a free world? | Moment's Notice
Neil Young wrote the song “Rockin’ In a Free World” in 1989 after a bandmate nonchalantly uttered the line (or “We’ll have to keep on rockin’ in the free world,” to... — Updated 7/21/2022
Are your rights enumerated? | Moment's Notice
"This 240-year experiment in self-rule began with the best of intentions, but I think we can all agree that it didn't end well." – Queen Elizabeth II, 2016 The 4th of July is... — Updated 7/7/2022
On Father's Day: Something that shall endure | Moment's Notice
“On the beach at night, stands a child with her father, watching the east, the autumn sky.” – Walt Whitman Father’s Day is one of those holidays that my dad would scoff at... — Updated 6/15/2022
Finding the right words | Moment's Notice
I was lucky to grow up with two parents who challenged my use of language and encouraged me to analyze what others said. When I was just 11, my parents gave me a thesaurus (yes, I... — Updated 5/18/2022
When home is not a home | Moment's Notice
“Homelessness is not a choice, but rather a journey that many find themselves in.” – Dr. Asa Don Brown Like many of us, travel is a magical escape, an opportunity to see the... — Updated 5/5/2022