Do I know you? Really??
Okay, so here I sit at the fundraiser for the man who will most likely win the election in the …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
And just when I thought there was nothing happy to write about …
… I saw this. No, not out my window. I wish. And then … Okay, let me back up a …
Didn’t I just sweep there?
Okay … so maybe this isn’t making me totally joyful … but it will … I swear it will … eventually …
Culture, Espionage … and a Good Nap
It’s not that I fancy myself either incredibly cultured or the next James Bond imitator, but such was my Happy Holly …
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death …
… and with those immortal words spoken by Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame … thus begineth the Happy Holly Project entry for the day …
Coffee, Tea or … Lightning? (Part I)
Oh, I’ll take coffee, with a side order of lightning, please. Well, as I may have mentioned yesterday, I have …
And the Journey Begins …
What journey you ask? Well once upon a time there was a Little Girl … who lived in a Little …
The Stupidest Bird … Ever …
You know, it is really nice to wake up … knowing that today I will be on the lookout for …
No Joy in Happy Valley
So I find myself in the absurd position today of being perhaps the only happy person in all of Happy …
The Happiness Project?? … What the …
Huh? The … what?? What the … Of all the … You’ve gotta be … But I thought … Oh …
Erma Bombeck … really?
You know, I WAS going to call this “Emails and Facebook Posts” … not too catchy, granted … but one …
Rainy Days and Fridays …
… always get me down … or was that Rainy Days and Mondays? No matter. The day is positively dreary …
Some Days There Is No Happiness … Only Angels
As most of you know, I started this project as a means of dealing with my grief and heartbreak …
Ben & Jerry, Joe Paterno and Me
Heat (95 degrees), humidity (pushing 70 percent), severe thunderstorms (any minute now) … Once again, the weather challenges me to …
Desperate times call for desperate measures
The heartache that caused me to start this journey into discovering my writing muse is kicking me up one side …
The dangers of Diminished Hearing, a Public Restaurant and a Secret
“But just between you and me …” OK, so today my Happy Holly Project thing was to do something totally …
I have a Pileated Woodpecker … honest I do …
… said the blogging woman as she spoke on the phone. OK, about this woodpecker. I first saw this magnificent …
My Brother, My Hero … and a Chinese Fortune Cookie
OK, I know it looks like three totally disparate things, but I promise they will all come together at the …
My Karmic Credit is about to expire … on Friday the 13th
At least that’s what “Bethea” says in the frantic email she sent … especially to me … to warn me …
I have a face for radio … NPR style … I guess
… no, wait … that was a voice for radio. My whole life people have said “You really ought to …
Santa Claus and His Monkey Mowed My Lawn
No, really. He did. Well, I knew he had to do something in the off season, but I had no …
Key Lime Pie … the new Health Food, right?
I mean everyone loves Key Lime Pie, right? Unless you’re allergic to limes or something, I guess. Good. And good …
I’m Famous, I’m Famous, I’m …
… not really that famous. OK, so today I decided to break things up with some cartoon strips from my …
How many years of bad Karma do you get for …
… squooshing a pretty big bug? And by pretty big bug I mean it was pretty, it was big, and …
My favorite thing to do is housecleaning ….
Oh, excuse me while I pick myself up off the floor from laughing so hard … and move so the …
Serene? … Plus Orange and Green Toenails
Do I look calmer? No? Well, I feel calmer … Just enjoyed a brief meditation session with a friend of …
The whole idea of this blog …
… was to help me to get past a broken heart. A lost love. A loss of that happily ever …
What goes around …
… comes around. Its like deja vu … all over again! But first of all, today is the Fourth of …
Orange is a good color, right?
OK, so I can’t wax poetic about orange because, after all, nothing rhymes with it. But still … I think …
Pages and Widgets and Glares … Oh My!!
And before you ask … yes, the title for today is indeed a blatant rip off of the line from …
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