by Nancy Herkness | Feb 22, 2009 | travel, Uncategorized
For his winter vacation, our son announced he wanted to go skiing. Not water-skiing, downhill skiing. My DH and I looked at each other and wondered where this mutant being came from. Our family usually spends the winter break someplace where you can bask in the...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 13, 2009 | ice hockey, Uncategorized
When Sports Illustrated asked Bryan Little of the Atlanta Thrashers to name his favorite super-model, he responded, “I don’t really like tall skinny girls.” Music to the ears of a short, curvy woman!
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 7, 2009 | Books, horses, Nod from Nancy, Uncategorized
Ann Patchett wrote something in The Wall Street Journal which resonated with me. She said people walk into a bookstore and “feel utterly lost in the face of all those titles, and so they walk out empty-handed.” She combats this problem by recommending...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 1, 2009 | college, Daughter, Dog, ice hockey, Uncategorized
It’s a term my favorite hockey announcer Doc Emrick uses to explain the invisible force that seems to help you in weird ways. This is my "unseen hand" story: Yesterday I had to drive Brodie the Devil Dog to Rover Ranch and Spa. (Rover Ranch is a...
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 16, 2009 | Daughter, Facebook, Uncategorized
Well, I’ m on Facebook anyway. My Darling Daughter is horrified and made me swear never to attempt to “friend” her. At the time, I didn’t know what that meant so I had no problem making the promise. Of course, now I’m curious to see...