Category Archives: dancing

Disco Dancing In Heaven

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Down here, it has been a bad week for disco, but up above St Peter and the others are looking forward to Saturday night,  for now they have Donna Summer and Robin Gibb to swell the celestial choir. Paul, Andy … Continue reading →

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Dancing Sheet to Sheet

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

I was discussing my plan for ongoing exerise post fat-camp with one of the behavioral health specialists at Duke Diet and Fitness Center when it transpired that she didn’t know about dancing in bed. I filled her in so with … Continue reading →

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Big Hair, Big Heart, Big Girl, Big Fun

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

  Edna and Tracy Turnblad are role models here at our own Hefty Hideaway and so I and a number of other ample Americans rushed to buy tickets as soon as we learned that Hairspray was playing in Raleigh this week. If … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget your Clean Wipes

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

News reaches me from Washington DC that the Camelot strip club is trying to boost lunchtime business. They are encouraging local professionals (Transparency Towers is just one of the organizations headquartered close to the club) to bring their smart phones, ipads … Continue reading →

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Len Goodman’s Lost Partner

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

There is a sort of nuptial no-man’s land and usually I am right in the middle of it. May weekends for late twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings are filled with events requiring strappy sandals (usually the girls), smart suits (both sexes) and … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

1) Tina from Fiddleheads has dyed a green streak in the front of her hair. “It gives my mother something to focus on and she leaves the rest of me alone” 2) Tom and Mike have ordered the Foie Gras. And … Continue reading →

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Cuban motion and holiday travel: the Crone takes action

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

So little of the outside world impinges on Itchy Ankle that I am rarely compelled to write of happenings beyond the charmed circle that is Peggoty’s fireplace, the Snug Harbor Inn, Grace’s Garage and Heavenly Ice-cream. This week however a couple … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s cultural contributions to the world

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

Things are different in Ireland, as I trust you can see from the You Tube clip below, thoughtfully supplied to me by Valiant Valerie during my brief sojourn in England’s West Country. Most people who holiday in Ireland are lured … Continue reading →

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Just A Rhinestone Cowgirl–But Much-Loved by Doris Brazil

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

The following is an excerpt from Doris’s latest letter, which was waiting for me when I stepped off the plane and back into wireless range. After spending the preceding week on a state of high alert (DBLW DefCon 1), at last the … Continue reading →

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Celebrating St Clare at a Corn Dance

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

Yesterday, the occasion of my sister’s birthday, was also the feast day of St Clare. Well–sort of. There is some confusion about the sainted one’s day—sometimes it is celebrated on August 11, not August 12. Here in New Mexico however, the Native Americans … Continue reading →

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