My Kit-Cat clock stopped swinging two years ago
I only have the Kit-Cat Klock company to blame, but I won’t even do that. I’ve held onto my Kit-Cat clock for long enough. I’m giving up. I won’t throw it away, mind you, but I’ll relegate it to the back of a shelf in the laundry room. In 2014, my daughter gave me the…
My Kit-Cat Clock Swings Again: Let Christmas Begin!
My daughter gave me a Kit-Cat clock two years ago. Y’know, the black cat clocks with the moving tail and eyes? It’s one of my favorite things and looks great in the kitchen. About two months ago, I noticed it had stopped moving. It still kept time, but the tail and eyes were stationary. A…
Okay-Tasting Ugly Stuff: A Freakie Love Affair
I learned to like ugly stuff in the 1970s. Didn’t everyone? Did we have a choice? For example, Freakies Cereal came out in the early 1970s and it was ugly. However, it was also yellow and crunchy and okay-tasting. Cap’n Crunch without the peanut butter flavor, if I remember correctly. The Freakies were a gang…
A Dune Buggy and the Rock Flowers: Frustratingly Fun
Some things involve equal parts frustration and fun. Two examples: 1) writing deeply perceptive blog posts, and 2) the hot pink, plastic dune buggy I had as a kid. Measuring about eight inches from bumper to bumper, my all-plastic dune buggy had black tires, black bucket seats, and shiny silver headlights. I think it originally…
A Ken Without His Mod Hair is Nothing
When I was about ten years old, I received a Mod Hair Ken doll for Christmas. Mod Hair Ken, Barbie’s macho boyfriend and one of the 1970’s most-hyped dolls, came with stick-on facial hair. There were mustaches, beards, sideburns, mutton chops, Fu Manchus. The little — and I mean little — hairpieces could be applied, removed, and…
Marilyn Yung 