What is the difference between change and growth?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Aug 22, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Opinionated Musings | 10 |

Many years ago, a younger colleague unequivocally and with great wisdom boldly asserted that no...

The Reverse Yield City of Pittsburgh

by Rose Mary Griffith | Aug 4, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0 |

The proper way to yield: If I’m on the highway and someone is coming from a ramp to get on, I move into the left lane—if I can. If I can’t the ramp-driver has to stop. Not so in my city.

What Having Female Baggage Really Means

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 19, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Practical Musings | 6 |

Anyone who knew me in my ardent feminist days thirty years ago, knows how I felt then and still...

The Chaos of Family

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 18, 2018 | Laughter Musings | 44 |

My family is not calm. My family is not calm. Not a single aspect of my family has ever been calm....

I am what I am–a Klutz of the first magnitude

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 12, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Opinionated Musings | 12 |

I’m no longer allowed out of the kitchen (hardwood floors) with Mott’s Cranberry Raspberry Sauce...

Does Every Women Have a Bit of Lucille Ball in Them?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jul 11, 2018 | Laughter Musings | 8 |

Okay, so my cousin prompted that question. Why? I just confessed to yet another oops incident much...

Ah, Nespresso…helping with our love of coffee

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 15, 2018 | Laughter Musings, More Europe | 19 |

We love coffee–the taste, the smell, the ritual and companionship of a shared cup. My...

How did rebel me turn into my mother?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 13, 2018 | Laughter Musings, Musings on Grief | 10 |

Are you one of those daughters who always wanted to grow up to be like your mom? Email me, we need to talk!
While my mother had some awesome traits–the knack of laughing so hard she’d nearly stop breathing, the ability to make math look easy, the skill to create the flakiest pie crust–I never wanted to be her.

Can passengers expect flawless flying?

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 12, 2018 | More Europe, More USA, Travel Musings | 8 |

Are you as amazed as I am by how difficult it is for some people to get the basic concept of boarding an airplane. The flight attendant, or even the captain, can state the simple instructions with no chance at being heard and understood.

As this blog posts, Jackie, Jenny and I are bound for Wales … we’ll let you know how many silly passengers we observe—and yes, we’ll admit to it if it’s each other!

How do our childhood enjoyments affect our loves in adulthood?

by RoseMary Griffith | Jun 11, 2018 | Opinionated Musings | 8 |

I think my childhood caused me to develop a particular oddity. We were always well provided for as...

Being the Queen of Something…

by RoseMary Griffith | Jun 9, 2018 | Laughter Musings | 14 |

Or, How My Mind Works My mind is like a shark—always moving and eating words, ready to spew them...

Living a Frugal Life Doesn’t Mean I’m not Rich

by Rose Mary Griffith | Jun 8, 2018 | Practical Musings | 6 |

If you’ve been to my home since 1981, you’re bound to have sipped a coffee or tea from these favorite of the mugs in my cupboard. In fact, when I looked there this morning, I laughed as I realized they remain the only cups I have ever purchased! The rest have been given by companies or friends. That latter makes a mug special to me, but none as special as those I collected paycheck-to-paycheck oh-so long ago.

Tag: Humor