Our secretary is out recovering from surgery, and prior to her departure, her poor health left us with a backlog of filing and clerical work...

I really like getting mail, email, all types of communication, except for the phone calls. Weird, I think. Most people don't respond t...

Imagine hiking in the beautiful Cascade mountains and all you see for miles is a lawn that looks like a golf course. Beautiful, no?...

I am the type of person who reads two or three books at one time and also squeezes in a bunch of magazines and newspapers...but I have final...

Discover magazine has an interesting mini-article about the processes of geologic reformation based on natural activities and human activiti...

According to an Associated Press writer: “Marc Oliver, 38, rode out the storm with his family in Mobile . Oliver boarded up his windo...

I cannot deny my destiny....according to an article by Mr. Brooks: " Ruling Class War "(subscription?) * By DAVID BROOKS * ...

I find this site kind of spooky. " A map of the city that shows where the bloggers are, organized by subway stop. Find out who's bl...

Keven (whomever he is...says it so much better than I.) "If we want leaders with strong convictions and nothing else, we should ele...

I subscribe to a magazine called 'Budget Travel.' Erik Torkells, the editor, wrote an interesting article in the October 2004 issue...

The Long Now has a good discussion about the future and preservation of our heritage. This whole discussion in the news this week about th...

I just surfed a bunch of blog sites and am slowly getting an idea about this new wave of communication. Lots of blogs from Asia, lots of bl...

As we enter fall and the crisp weather that makes me want to be outside more, I find that I miss our old dog who passed away a number of yea...

Yes, it was like chelation therapy--or what I think that might have been like. Yes it was like eating your broccoli...good for you, but not...

Well, just got off the phone with my ex-boyfriend (remember this was decades ago--so he is really an EX.) Anyway, most of my past friends th...

The intro to this snippet is an anecdote about a boat trip I took this weekend with an old friend who is 'up there' in the FDA hiera...

For those of you who are still undecided about this presidential election, you must get down off that fence before you fall and hurt yours...

I am really old and getting older. I can not bare to watch the TV shows that are so popular today. I am not writing about the 'real...

Well, I just got back from the architects to pick up the revised blueprints for the retirement home. I have 7 copies in my hot little hands!...

Found this article with lots of links on blogging. Some good quotes below: Blogging: “… never have so many people written so much to be r...