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Weekend Wanderer: Let’s Talk About Hair in the Shower
I was exploring the submarine Becuna, down at the Philadelphia waterfront. I stepped inside the seamen’s bathroom. Although that bathroom hadn’t been used in years, I found myself shrinking from the walls. I wanted nothing in that bathroom touching me. Part of it was stepping over the high lip of the door to enter the…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Kinda Sorta Golden Bachelorette
I have an update on the Golden Bachelorette. No, not the reality show. I’m talking about Willie. Who — yes, you’re right. Willie is definitely her own reality show. “I give you a lot of credit,” a person involved in Willie’s care told me recently. “You have your hands full.” You’d be surprised at how…
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Weekend Wanderer: I’m a Planner
I just did something glorious. It might be the best thing I’ve ever done. Are you ready? Here it goes: I bought a five-year planner. Please read that in a Cuba Gooding Jr., “Show me the money!” kind of voice. You know the kind of planner I’m talking about, right? The spiral-bound, 8.5-by-11-inch-monthly kind of…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Dangers of Hiking
My husband once gifted me two square feet of land. The land is in a wildlife habitat in Scotland. The fee for purchasing those two square feet paid to rewild the terrain. When we traveled to Scotland two years ago, three destinations made our itinerary: Edinburgh, Loch Ness, and my land in the wildlife refuge. …
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Weekend Wanderer: Spoiling Pets
I thought we could take a break from Willie. We need to talk about diarrhea. Not mine, guys. C’mon. I think if I ever do that, you should leave. Just go. I’d deserve it. No. I’m talking about my dog. See, I have a rescue beagle. His name is Pete. And Pete is high maintenance. …
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Weekend Wanderer: Why Are We Here?
So the lipstick was missing, and Willie and I were wandering in Target. Willie is my mom, if you’re new around here. Well, she’s my mom even if you’re not new around here. She has dementia. And it’s been an interesting few months. A few weeks back, we went to Macy’s. I bought her a…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Lipstick
“I need,” Willie texted me in early February, “lipstick. Can you take me to the store? Also, is my birthday the 17th or 18th? Listen up, guys. Is it hard when those texts come across? Sure. But we have to find the reason for such texts, the source of the confusion. Or we have to…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Treasure Found Too Late
We should do a Willie check. Well, I should do a Willie check. You should focus on getting your mind out of the gutter because I’m not even talking about that kind of Willie. Yet. Do you guys remember the taxes? How I spent nearly two long, long years recreating the documents I needed to…
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Weekend Wanderer: How Far Can a Marriage Bend?
There’s a fight in my house. It’s ugly, this fight. Insults slung. Parties insisting an opinion — an opinion — is wrong. Well, yes. I’ve slung insults and denigrated opinions. But it’s because everybody in my house is ridiculous. They say — they say Danish breakfast pastries are better than scones. Lunacy. That’s what that…
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Weekend Wanderer: Let’s Take Off Our Pants
I have a best friend. Like any best friend, she has changed my life. Small ways. Big ways. In-between ways. One such change is recent. I’m not sure if it’s positive, but I love it all the same. It’s kind of like the time our other friend convinced me to buy that tight, low-cut shirt…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Scourge of Parallel Parking
Can we all agree parallel parking, um, sucks? It’s not that I can’t parallel park. Parallel parking is one of the few skills I will crow about in these pages. See, I went to grad school in North Philadelphia. My university had student parking. Of course it did. What it did not have was capacious…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Went to the Outdoor Show
“Do you want to go to the Outdoor Show?” This was my husband, who makes time every February to work a booth at the Great American Outdoor Show. OK. You clicked the link. And probably drew some conclusions. That’s fair. Because let me tell you something. I was drawing all sorts of conclusions wandering the…
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Weekend Wanderer: Take the Stairs
I remember, once, a cousin of my husband’s spent a semester studying in Europe. “That’s great!” her dad said when she told him. “Let’s go watch a movie.” It was Taken. I thought of this when my daughter texted from college one autumn evening. She was awarded a study abroad course in London. I had…
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Eagles Signing Autographs Saturday!
Eagles players. Oxford Valley Mall. Autographs. February first. Wait. That’s tomorrow! Yes. PhillyBurbs.com reports Eagles players Brandon Graham, Jalen Carter, Darius Slay, Jr., Isaiah Rodgers, and Kenny Gainwell are at Dynasty Sports in Oxford Valley Mall on Saturday, February 1st. Graham and Carter start the event at 2:30 PM while Gainwell, Slay, and Rodgers roll…
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Weekend Wanderer: My Turn to Fill the Tank
Let’s talk about cars. I know nothing about them. So I guess I’ll catch you guys next week. Bye. Yes. My car game is that bad. Worse, I don’t care how little I know about cars. I should care. I wish I cared. But I don’t. When I began driving, Indy showed me how to…
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Weekend Wanderer: It’s Up to You, New York
I’m tired of talking about Willie. But probably not as tired as you are of hearing about her. So let’s change the subject. There’s that weird weekend between Christmas and New Year’s. The holidays are over. But they’re not. This year, on that awkward weekend, I sort of went to New York City See, in…
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Weekend Wanderer: With Friends Like These …
As you might imagine, Willie’s friends — a cohort of fellow independent-living cronies — were aghast at Willie’s move to memory care. Even if it was just six days. The upgrade to assisted living did nothing to quell their alarm. In fact, a bevy of Willie-adjacent people had a few things to say on the…
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Deer Camp is a Proud PA Tradition
Over at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jason Nark is considering the tradition of deer camp. Let me guess. You’re at a loss as to what deer camp is. My friends, I once was too. But now I’m in the loop. So pay attention. I’m about to make you as cool and hip as me. Deer camp…
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