Wondering why your fireplace is not drawing as well as it did last fall? Wondering why you are getting snowy TV reception so sudden...

This is my favorite time of year.  Days are cool enough for roast chicken dinners.  I harvested the last of the garden vegetables and the...

I attended a 'thank you' luncheon for my volunteering the other day. There were about 30 people there...staff and volunteers from...

For those who live out-side the country, do not dismay.  The answers to some of these are U.S. news items.  (Congrats to Peruby and o...

( I admit I am never very good at this...) Give a speech two steps lower than a national icon and that makes it excusable. Course you are...

I have a lovely patio beneath my deck at the back of my house.  I have carefully placed some rattan furniture that we bought while living i...

I will not be posting anything for a while. I have a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old until late Thursday the 2nd and then I have company from...

Heading up north to take care of two really special people (you can guess who). Thought I would leave with some sign humor while I was go...

This is a gift my husband brought me recently on his return from a long trip halfway around the world. Can you guess what it is?  Scroll d...

While I like to think I am an upbeat and optimistic person, most people would probably describe me as a little too straight-forward, someti...

Those of you who live alone have welomed this state in your life or have accepted this state in your life or have become so familia r wi...

(I got this in an email and my research on the Internet says it was "submitted by Debbie, Middletown."  Needless to say I do not k...

Doing This busyness This making of lists... How many light switches must be pushed to empty the house of nothingness? How many...

In mid-August my husband and I reached the 40-year mark.  It is a big deal that two people can live together that long without losing the...

I was thinking of compliments the other day.  Perhaps as a result of my submitting my blog to that site for review.  Why do we we want t...

You can skip this post if you haven't seen the movie or have no desire to read movie reviews, but I felt compelled to write this post a...

It is strange how flat and quaint this room seems to ear and eye when trudging back after a long and challenging trip. The spaces are ...

When you are old and Wisdom is the only best friend whom you can trot out eagerly to show others the closeness of your friendship, he usua...

"Walking the dog, and Zara spook"...I overheard from a recent telephone conversation at my house.  Some of you have a clue to what...

Every once in a while, especially after losing something precious, I need to make a thankfulness list... Tabor is thankful for the cl...