Category Archives: Joy (Joie de General)

Work is a Kind of Love

Posted on April 14, 2014 by aamontgomery

~ wrote Marilyn Monroe in her recently discovered journal While watching the HBO documentary “Love, Marilyn”, my husband Kurt and I were surprised to hear the depth of the intelligence and insight found in Marilyn Monroe’s private thoughts as she … Continue reading →

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Add a Y to Your Fox

Posted on March 31, 2014 by aamontgomery

My husband Kurt and I were just finishing up a Scrabble game this weekend, and he had one letter left, a “y” which can be quite difficult to place late in game. He was about to throw in the towel and … Continue reading →

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Anna-rated Shorts

Posted on February 16, 2014 by aamontgomery

Run, don’t walk to your local art house theater and watch an Oscar-season first for movie lovers in the hinterlands: a one-seating compilation of all the animated shorts nominated for this year’s Academy Awards! This may be the manner in … Continue reading →

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My Pony Likes to Jump!

Posted on November 24, 2013 by aamontgomery

When our city put three speed bumps (or “humps”, as they were unfortunately described by the accompanying signs) on our street, our neighborhood association’s block captains cheered. My husband and I did not agree the bumps were a good thing, … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Wodehouse, and the Rock Goddess

Posted on September 4, 2013 by aamontgomery

“Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.” ~ E. L. (Elaine Lobl) Konigsburg, American author and  illustrator of children’s books and young adult fiction   “As … Continue reading →

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Agnus Desi

Posted on March 14, 2013 by aamontgomery

Yes, I was looking up a song on iTunes and with a slip of the keyboard went from classical music to dragging an I Dream of Lucy character, kicking and screaming, into the mix! Never a fan of the show or Lucille … Continue reading →

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde

Posted on March 6, 2013 by aamontgomery

If only every feisty, full-of-herself girl could remain so through the tribulations of fitting in with the pack in junior and senior high school . . . To all the girls who are still full-of-themselves throughout their lives!

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