They let me stop to catch a photo or two. Here is a shot of the grape orchard. This is the rockwall by the garden. Notice how it catches ...

(I have had a really shitty week at the office. That isn’t a four letter word, and I wish it was because that is how mad I am. If and when ...

As I promised (threatened) a while back I would tell you how my first lengthy trip to Yap became dangerous. First, let me tell you a little...

I have not blogged for a few days since I have been in a slump. We got a call from a colleague of ours in Florida. He is a PhD researcher w...

I made a deal with hubby that if he helped vacuum and make the bed while I cleaned the kitchen, I would reward him with a canoe trip. I tel...

When the "youngins" were childless, they rarely spent any time at the big house. We would see them every few months. But remember...

Living in an apartment building requires some moments of compromise. One has to accept the fact that meatloaf smells at ten in the mornin...

I hit the top button on the alarm clock and the sickly blue light permeates the bedroom. If I sit up on one elbow I can see that the curre...

Daughter and I spent the day shopping for some fall clothes. We both needed winter coats so went to a nearby outlet mall that had lots of c...

since you asked. I bought a selection of lamb loin. It was already sliced very thin and elegantly as the Asians do so well. I marinated ...

It was a long late afternoon after work on Thursday that we had dedicated to food shopping. We went to the Korean Supermarket first. We had...

Well, Hubby talked me into following him on his next business trip. I really didn't want to go. When I tell you where, you will hate me...

I was looking for my Bali trip photos during the time we lived in those islands, but I think they are probably in slide format and in storag...

Babysat on Friday so that the married couple could visit their friend who just has a little baby. Babysat on Saturday night so that the marr...

Can you trigger a bad experience by talking about a similar bad experience? Well, maybe so. Hubby was explaining his difficulty in findin...

I have to admit that I never really liked Martha Stewart as a personality. I didn't watch her old show on TV and the few times that a f...

I took this picture about three years ago when we took a long fall weekend in West Virginia. It is not the high resolution version, I co...

Daddy is definitely a metrosexual and never leaves the house without product in the hair and the perfect sport shirt. Looks like Xman ha...

Don't stick your tongue out at your grandson! After breakfast with our plastic surgeon (in his early 40's and not married, ladies) ...

Got up early this morning as my hubby had an "interview"” with a plastic surgeon. Hubby has decided that he does not want to retir...