Sonya Schryer Norris

Ask a Candidate

Here’s one of my favorite columnists (Robert Kirby, Salt Lake City Tribune) suggesting a question to the remaining presidential contenders: “When was the last time you prayed?” It’s a trick question. The only valid answer is “None of your damn business.” This is an election, not an ordination. We don’t care who you believe inContinueContinue reading “Ask a Candidate”

Mid-Winter Hot Chocolate Reserves

Plum Wrong

Hubby and I went to see our accountant today to cash in on those sweet home-owning tax rebates. It was great. Except for one thing. “You made money this year,” the accountant said to me flatly. This concerned my private Web design business, Plum Lovely Designs. He holds up the two sheets I have givenContinueContinue reading “Plum Wrong”

They’re Carrots

Two years ago for the big Christmas dinner at Mom’s I watched as she put a pan of water on the stove to boil and took a package of carrots out of the crisper. I looked askance at the carrots. Carrots? The only times I had eaten cooked carrots since childhood had been 1. inContinueContinue reading “They’re Carrots”

Sunny Side Up

The bright side of this home fix-it project is that we might not have to remove the tile and cut into the wall to fix it.

Happy Valentine’s Day from Library Land

Picture by LibraryMan For more, see: http://blog.webjunctionworks.org/index.php/2008/02/11/webjunction-hearts-libraries/

My First Traffic Ticket

Ann Arbor – Red and Green House Originally uploaded by Star’s Universe Thinking about my time at BK got me remembering about my first traffic ticket. I worked with a woman whose name I don’t remember. She had a Ph.D. in history and she’d just finished up her degree. Whatever school-related assistance-ships or monies sheContinueContinue reading “My First Traffic Ticket”