Too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing. I really think that life is all about balance and evenness and while uneven is intere...

Once upon a time there were 247 boxes all taped and clearly marked that correlated with a list that disappeared somewhere a long time ago in...

Leaves of Grass Sonia is from Brazil and I cannot remember how I found her website. I must have followed a comment on someone else's ...

A study published today said the average blogger is a 14-year-old blogging about her cat. Haven't gotten to her blog yet...but here is t...

Moving between parked cars Black beneath pulsing with sear All is frozen, still

Hubby's surgery is this morning. 15 needles the size of ... well, never mind, breathing in and breathing out. (Remember to smile. In t...

When I first discovered blogging, I viewed it primarily as a way to swim the creative waters and as a way to detail a journal of my days. I ...

I have been asked by some blog pals to create one last post for "Build This House" and so, I will leave it up for a few weeks long...

We are a culture that places so much value on ornamental and useless things. I have thrown away, given away, and sold more things than most ...

Doing the walk-thru today, renting a large U-Haul tomorrow, maybe spending a night in the new house on Sunday and taking off Monday from wor...

Leaves of Grass Sonia is from Brazil and I cannot remember how I found her website. I must have followed a comment on someone else's ...

This is not a political blog, but Glenda has reminded me of the importance of this holiday and I am hoping and hopping on her bandwagon.

(Musings based on Colleen's approach to Thursdays. I do have 13 this time and snub my nose at superstition.) 1) Watching the Cavuto s...

I have been spending every weekend running errands for the housebuilding, or socializing with my grandson and his family, or trying to get l...

This work week has been unnaturally long and demanding. I am not a bureaucrat and trying to fake it is killing me. I came from the world o...

Ask you can see from the photo above, my patience paid off. It took me almost another hour, but once I was down to a few tangles the resolut...

Indonesian Red Cross Society | UNICEF Indonesia | Mercy Corps | Caritas | Save The Children | Direct Relief International | Oxfam | H...

Most handy homeowners have a favorite little one-stop store that they visit on the weekends in the spring. In small towns it is a local hard...

Sometimes I find that my life is running in a theme. Or perhaps not. Perhaps I just see things with a different skew depending on events. I ...