By my way of thinking (and occasionally I do think before I blog) we live in a culture where the look of everything is more important than t...

I think most families find the holidays very mixed, at best. Relationships with relatives and in-laws are not perfect and so we try to be on...

As sometimes happens in life, an action or memory will be followed closely by a coincidental activity that makes you pause. Those of you who...

This is a gift of "candy" from some Japanese colleagues. I am not fond of Asian sweets and I have a feeling that these will not s...

Yesterday afternoon was too nice to stay indoors so I went for a walk in the woods just north of where I live. Most of the leaves were of...

If you are younger than 50 you probably don’t read Ronnie's blog. But she has been writing about ageing for many months now and if you...

The summer that I was twenty-one waiting to begin my first teaching job since graduating from college, I worked at a local K-Mart store. Whi...

Blue Ridge Muse , manababies and others got me inspired this morning. Since I have nothing to say and since pictures speak louder than wo...

Hubby was at a lengthy meeting with scientists from Norway all day yesterday. This is a big meeting where a huge number of scientists in lo...

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...