A really easy salad to make.

I am off this afternoon with my sweet little girl to her baby shower. None of my side of the family will be there since they live so far aw...

(Link to a website is in the post title) This fellow weighs a little less than a pound and is not a beautiful bird to look at. He/she looks ...

As commented, electricity and running water are 'givens' in this civilized world of ours. I remember coming back from living in Pala...

This came from the Palau Visitors Bureau...credit to Kevin Daviso

My husband and I made a special point of watching the first edition of the new " Survivor " series on TV last week. We are not Sur...

This graveyard is probably really cool on Halloween. It was very Salem witch trial and had lots of captains buried here.

Haaavaaad!

Ah, yes, the infamous bigdig in the foreground looking back to Boston from Little Italy.

This past Friday, I had tried to post comments on a number of the blogs I regularly read...talking electronically...but for some reason...ei...

Comcast and/or blogger is having a h... of a time getting me to a post window. Enough time has passed that I have to go upstairs and pack! ...

Had a lengthy talk with my son this afternoon after I got home from work. He works for a large network and handles the evening audio work f...

Actually the story on this Amaryllis plant is more interesting, since superMANA commented. I once would buy an amaryllis bulb every year. ...

This is my amaryllus which I have nurtured for 4 years and which brings me an early spring every February! The roses are from my lover.

This is beautiful way that gifts are wrapped in Japan. Clearly the process has just as much importance as the product.

This little group of cats was given to me by a Japanese colleague. I have not idea what the little sign means.

Well, I guess it was the blog surfing that I did a few days ago. I kept coming upon entries where people were sick and snuffling and aching...

Pure Land Mountain in a recent blog about going home again also quoted Heraclitus. Much more eloquent than I. A nice post to read.

Here is my Dad in front of the proverbial "woodshed" where he has quite a supply of cut wood for the winter. He is just clearing ...

Can this man really be almost 91? He is enjoying this snow!