You’ve Got To Be Kidding
Essays in this category were originally posted to Nancy's first blog, "Pieces of My Mind". They've been moved here for preservation as the original website at NancyBabcockWrites.com has been taken offline.
You know that song that's popular now about Sunday morning--and something about 'sharing skin?' I love that song, but unfortunately it had absolutely nothing to do with my Sunday morning this week. Sunday morning 6:00 a.m. I know it's earlier than most people get up...
I had the strangest phone call last night. It was from a new friend that I met a couple of weeks ago and with whom I seemed to have a kind of instant rapport. You know the kind--where the conversation flows without effort and there are so many topics to explore that...
It just happened again last week. There I was, minding my own business as I walked into a store in a mall. There it was, a disembodied voice coming from some at first indeterminate location, saying "Hi Ma'am." 'Hi Ma'am?' What is that supposed to mean and to whom was...
NOTHING upsets my day more completely and irrevocably--and pushes me closer to the brink of total insanity--than the loss of my connection to cyberspace. Who would ever have thought? Eight years ago I didn't even have a computer!! (I admit that I was a bit behind the...
Today I received an offer from American Express for a platinum card. I thought they were confused. I already have a platinum card. So, I called them to help straighten things out. Turns out I was the one needing the straightening--well, maybe 'informing' says it...
Every time I think of changing my daily habit of having The Today Show on as morning background noise (instead of something on a more elevated plane—like classical music) while I go about my early morning rituals of putting the day in order, they do something/have a...