Dear readers, enjoy in moderation. (Photo of wild turkey taken in the mountains of North Carolina.) If you want to do something today ...

It began with the request by hubby to invite a couple to dinner.  Tabor was not exactly excited about this burp in her weekly plans.  Than...

I listened to a program on MSNBC  (I think) that was discussing how hard it is for people to stop checking their Bl**kberries or logging int...

Those of us who love to write but have nothing really significant to say and even less skill in saying it are like the distracting  nats of...

Here is the reveal on the gifts from Indonesia.  I am sure my Asian readers had it figured out, but were too shy to test me.  You may need...

As promised here is a photo of some of the gifts from hubby's travel in Asia.  Above is also a picture of a lovely small ikat table ru...

Every neighborhood has someone strange living in it. That odd person that you pretend to be nice to, but you often wonder about them. They a...

What does it say about us when we post colored charts for threat levels on terrorism and Canada posts colored charts for this . I decided th...

I do not fear Friday the 13th. Both hubby and daughter are due home today. The winds have slowed and so have the rains. The water rose to th...

I had just returned from two days of taking care of two preschool grandchildren last night. They had tag-teamed me and while the deafening...

When I was a little girl we only shopped at two department stores. My father called them Monkey Wards and Sears and Roarbucks and of course,...

Today was the oddest day. It started out in the 50s (F) and then climbed to the 60's. A batch of orange robins had flown in the night be...

The last roses of summer. They are like gentle and fragile old ladies with lace collars and fancy fans that smell gently of soap and sweet ...

About eight months ago I started to receive in the mail a billing notice from a collections agency regarding $113 that they say I still owe...

Above is a photo of something we use every year to hold the fall leaves and to transport to the compost bin. It is a tattered parachute. Hu...

The sun is getting cooler every day, you know? I mean, over the long term, it is burning out. The spin of the earth is slowing down by about...

This is the view toward the deer gate. I can almost see my driveway disappearing beneath the forest leaves. Will I be able to find my way o...

I heard the screech of the famous pileated woodpecker and then he turned into a spook for Halloween. You may have to click on the image for ...

Well, here is the follow-up. It rained ceaselessly the whole evening. My son and I did get lost and he had a GPS on his phone...he is just...