Happy first of February to everyone! In honor of the Month of Love, Blame it on the Muse authors will be blogging from now until February 14th on thoughts, traditions, and themes surrounding Valentine’s Day. If you’ll drop us a comment, you’ll be in the running for a Valentine’s gift basket chock full of all kinds of goodies from books to baubles. (We’ll be telling you more about that in the next few days.) Meanwhile, what better way to start a series on Valentine’s Day than with a smidgen of history? No worries, this isn’t boring history – it contains bits of legend, a dose of intrigue and, of course, a whole lotta love. Read the rest of this entry »
Live Long and . . . Fascinating!
by Lizbeth Selvig January 25th, 2012 My tale starts with the movie Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian. I never saw this movie in a theater. In fact, I’ve only ever seen half of it – the last half. Twice. But I love it for one reason: the talking Einstein bobble heads that help Our Hero (Ben Stiller) solve the mystery of the Pharaoh’s tomb (which is 3.14159265 or Pi, because spoilers don’t matter here; this is about bobble heads).
When I very first saw the adorable Bobble head Einsteins, I announced to my hubby (like that spoiled little Veruca Salt girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) “Honey, I waaant one! “
Guess what? Read the rest of this entry »
The Magic Pantsing Dog – A True Story
by Lizbeth Selvig January 12th, 2012
A dog park seems an unlikely place for an epiphany. But between the eager terriers and friendly retrievers, lies an “All I Ever Needed to KnowAbout Life I learned from the Dog Park” microcosm. One, I discovered, that applies to life, and even to writing. Read the rest of this entry »
Fishy Tradition–Do or Lye
by Lizbeth Selvig January 2nd, 2012 The Musers have shared beautiful traditions and holiday insights with you these past Days of Christmas, and I hope to do no less than follow in their inspirational footsteps by sharing a culinary tradition celebrated by my Scandinavian-heritaged family since before I was born. It’s a tradition stemming from ancient days and intrepid explorers (along with a few pillagers), and born of resourceful women hoping to provide long, long, long term sustenance for their beloved Viking Warriors.
It’s a tradition of exacting culinary prowess and pounds of melted butter that my mother and father’s generation holds dear.
And, it’s a tradition that strikes dread into the heart of any “child” in our family under the age of seventy-five. Read the rest of this entry »
ET Phone Home or … What can you do with a piece of tin foil THAT size?
by Lizbeth Selvig November 16th, 2011 It doesn’t have to be a Wednesday for wackiness to reign in my world. Wackiness kind of follows me around and goes 
“boogity, boogity, boo” at inopportune moments just to watch me look like a Keystone Kop or Oliver Hardy slipping on a banana peel.
Once in a while, though, I get to experience someone else’s wackiness and that’s when life goes from me having the starring role in a Turner Classic Comedy, to me feeling utter relief that I am by far not the weirdest duck in the pond.
Let me tell you about the fellow I crossed paths with just a few weeks ago Read the rest of this entry »
