I have too many plants on my small table! When I moved here there was only the antherium and that was a about a fifth the size it is now. I ...

According to Bartlebys , the phrase 'familiarity breeds contempt’ means: “The better we know people, the more likely we are to find fau...

Winter is here. We do not have the pristine white snow magically hiding all the rough spots as it does in some parts of the globe. We have w...

I had one of those steadily busy days at work. Trying to catch up on email, then met with a colleague for some information on a database, th...

Why do most of us fall in love with our grandchildren? I know some grandmothers and grandfathers find the whole experience dreadful, but for...

I had a former blog entry with this same title and it was about somebody who does mostly small talk. In the musical, Music Man , the main...

My husband twisted my arm yesterday and insisted that I go for a walk to help get "my circulation going" to get me back "up-t...

I feel like the sun is finally peaking out behind the clouds. There is a breeze bringing the fresh air to my brain. My eyes are beginning to...

I think this must be the third cold I have contracted the last few months, and this devil is hanging on --day eleven. I don't feel bad a...

The Rare and the Not So Rare These next Hawaiian photos were all taken on Kauai during our real vacation. The geological wonder that you see...

First there was the lecture from Xman to keep us up to speed and then there was the race to save the food. This pretty much summed up most o...

Hawaii long ago lost the Polynesian Aloha that we are told is there in brochures and photos. It is a friendly but sterile place to holiday i...

I have a told in my tose, I tant breed...I resolve to stop kissing cute faces with snot running down them!

Our trip in Hawaii included several hikes along the coast or over the high ridges of those jewel-purple mountains. There were many bird sigh...

Son is coming for Christmas Eve dinner and then we are on our way to see King Kong tonight. I have been anticipating seeing this for months...

What a rush I am having. I can't believe that I have done this! Well, let me begin at the beginning. By that, I mean beginning about ...

Well, as I anticipated, the trip wa s a little crazy in the beginning due to using free miles, this meant we left at strange times and took...