by Sandy Lingo | Jan 7, 2015 |
“A miracle has happened on this farm… in the middle of the web there were the words ‘Some Pig’… we have no ordinary pig.” – Mr. Zuckerman referring to Wilbur, in Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White “After all, what’s a life, anyway?...
by Sandy Lingo | Jan 1, 2015 |
This is the view from Henrik’s childhood home in Norway. Not sure he’s all that impressed with the Ohio River! My daughter, Allison, and her fiancé, Henrik-Olav Osvik, are on their way back to their home in Oslo. Henrik and Allison will celebrate Christmas soon at...
by Sandy Lingo | Dec 22, 2014 |
Sibs, ages 2 and 4. I’m the cute one. You may have an elf on your shelf, but at our house, we have a slouch on the couch. That’s me. I remember it so clearly, the shock I experienced that first Christmas home from college. There it stood: bright green,...
by Sandy Lingo | Dec 15, 2014 |
“Simper ubi sub ubi (always wear underwear).” Andrew Ridings Underwear is the human equivalent of trees’ rings. My daughter wears slingshot kinda underpants—“thongs,” she calls them, a word which evokes in me visions of shower shoes—yet another sign...
by Sandy Lingo | Dec 5, 2014 |
“I was the first woman to burn my bra . . . it took the fire department four days to put it out.” ~ Dolly Parton~ Like most women in civilized cultures, I began with a training bra. Now, there are training pants and training wheels , which train you to go...
