According to a recent Newsweek article the U.S. currently spends over 628 billion dollars on security since the tragedy of 9-11.  This mone...

Trying to slow down now that I am back home.  Bunch of deadline mailings, unpacking, laundry, shopping (since my fridge is still empty ...

So I have returned and am getting ready to write a new post and find that I am getting a malware message on my site when I try to bring it ...

Alone, Hearing the sigh of air through the rooms of the house Feeling the fall of the dust through the sunbeams Creating the echo of ...

I have no idea what the title of this post means...just sounded nice in my mind.  Beginning travel in a few days and not sure if I will hav...

Power came back on yesterday.  Almost 4 complete days without water and electricity and the loss of hundreds of dollars in food and I am st...

 This old cherry was dying little by little and now with a push from the storm seems to have just missed that budget arbor we put in. Here ...

I am putting it off as long as I can.   This morning was filled with hot and sweaty work outside.   Lots of lifting and carrying and putt...

Let's see: Front yard is a lake There is actually a groundhog eating clover in the front yard in the torrential downpour! Back yard ...

I just noticed that my last post on this blog was the 1,000th.  Quite the journalistic diarrhea I have going on here.  I didn't notice o...

As a grandmother on 24/7 duty this week, I do not have time to post anything!  So go to Bob Brady's     post here    and get an upliftin...

The morning has been washed with last night's rain and the air is cooler than it has been in almost a month.  One might actually think t...

She is tapping away on the keys to her laptop thanking someone who commented on her photo on the photo site where she adds to her collection...

My grandchildren are blessed with more than any child needs.  They are being raised by responsible parents who help them develop a good valu...

I have never been a heavy sleeper and even less so as I age unless my day has been particularly stressful.  Seems that catching a 4-year-old...

It is three in the morning in a dark bedroom and I am on my knees with my face almost to the carpet.  This is not an EAT=PRAY=LOVE moment as...

I am leaving in two days for a 10 hour trip with a car full of toddlers (with colds) and more STUFF than any human deserves or needs...alt...

I somehow got on this dining memory streak and because the writing muse has totally gone on a long vacation deep into the heart of some bla...

I may have written about this a long time ago, but I am thinking not.  When my daughter was an only child (for about 2.5 years) we did a bit...

We borrowed a sailboat and took an afternoon sail. Went looking for ice cream with daughter and caught this image. Not as many but...