Such a hot day to revisit the old barn.  The door is loose and swings open almost by itself when I release the metal latch.  The bright...

Yes, it does break the rule of thirds! While we enjoyed our son and fiance's visit over the holiday weekend the recent holiday Mond...

Get a clue!  I dare you to prove that you have made one dollar in this enterprise of driving us all into an irritating frenzy of pushin...

 While continuing to explore the issues of water in this country I was very disappointed to learn that this liberal environmental state that...

Do you know where your drinking water comes from?  Many people think that it comes from the kitchen sink faucet or the refrigerator fi...

I live near the Chesapeake Bay on a river that feeds into it.  Five major rivers flow into this bay and numerous tributaries also dump wate...

I had absolutely no idea what to expect upon getting a facial.  I did know that I would have to remove my glasses and earrings, but when the...

Yep, it was one of those whirl-wind weekends.  (I think I get one every year.)  At my age it takes me a full day to really recover three day...

Busy weekend for this old lady starting this Friday.  I invited my daughter to a Spa afternoon.  We are getting facials and she is getting a...

Lots and lots of April showers (except it is now May) that has brought the May flowers.  Above is one of the many varieties of columbine ...

Blogs are like children.  If you have too many that you follow, you cannot give each one the attention that it deserves. I love cowboy boo...

  I remember, I must admit vaguely, my feelings when reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley   years ago.  I remember it was depressi...

For those who follow my blog (all others will just have to catch up), I did go out and buy an 'off-the-rack' dress for the wedding. ...

I have gotten all my "stuff" correctly scheduled and am lucky enough to have a few days in between each major activity to sit and ...

Years ago, during the time that both my husband and I were working full time, we kept our community oriented  activities linked with our chi...

As a liberal (whose heart does not bleed for everything) I was extremely disappointed that, with surveys supporting a move to more data and ...

I have spent much of my life people watching, wondering what they were thinking, what they were planning to do, where they were headed, why ...

On the island of Yeonpyeong, Myong Ok gathered together the last of her mini vegetable dolls...the radish head girl with the purple t...

I am so bone tired.  I completed all the tasks resulting from my recent trip only to fall (spring?) into the tons of yard work.  It is my ow...

Having access to the Internet can be a very expensive luxury.  Fortunately, in America, we still have public libraries that allow free acces...