I got my graduate degree from the University of Hawaii in the late 60's just as the Hippie culture was getting established. While the ...

Thoughts of appreciation to those who have given their lives for freedoms too precious to define on this Memorial Day. I am alone today as...

I may do windows, but I don't do lawns. For some exotic reason I have avoided mowing lawns my entire married life. We have had both ...

My husband left just before this harvest...now my back hurts and my feet are wet from picking these out in the rain this morning. I have...

We have been blessed this year with quarts and quarts of strawberries. I dread facing the garden after the rain today to pick even more! ...

Just said goodbye to some distant relatives after a three-day visit. I had not seen them in years. I am listening to my newly quiet hous...

I certainly started an interesting discussion on the blog entry below and I guess in the back of my mind thought I might do that and almost...

As I photographed this baby-beauty a few weeks ago, I captured this moment in time. Tell me if you cannot see the sultry and sexual beaut...

One of the jokes and truths about retirement is that you lose track of the days of the week and the months of the year. If one does not have...

I certainly thought that I would have more time and more motivation to blog after retirement. But that is certainly not the case. Blogging...

Onward and Upward For a number of months, if not a number of years, I have imagined my first day of retirement. I kept thinking that the ve...

Got into work 20 minutes late due to last minute stuffing of the car with the last of the stuff from my daughter's place. My tiny car n...

This past week I have had two colleagues come drooling over my cubicle (one of the best locations and sizes on the floor) asking who was go...

I was less than a month from the big retirement date ( this past April 4) when the former 'Team' that I worked with sent me an em...

Accepting this Meme challenge from Colleen to write a six word memoir: I have a few for a quick blog entry on this busy weekend. (I a...

March 28: I was in a dark nightclub in a scuzy part of town (rereading this sounds like a Guy Noir skit). We took a cab because daughter an...

Tammy at The Daily Warrior recently blogged about cell phones and how frustrating it is to adjust to the cultural changes they are bringin...

I have added a NEW link beneath My Other Blogs link in the side column, to one of my favorite new bands. It is loud and raw and sexy an...

Just got this email from hubby in Korea: "I must say one thing I am going to have to go on a diet this next two weeks and do exercise a...

I have been living (at least on weekends) in my new house for almost 18 months now. As with any new house, there is always what the builder ...