I sometimes watch my adult children and wonder what genetic mix has created them with their energies, self-confidence, optimism, forgiveness...

Not too many years ago, with the help of Oprah Winfrey, Americans rediscovered thankfulness.  They read books, took seminars and started ...

It was a crazy Sunday in the supermarket the weekend before Thanksgiving.  I have been notified that I may very well be on jury duty on the ...

Yes, that is the way I take it.  I like my coffee strong but I also buffer that with lots of cream and a good teaspoon of sugar.  What you d...

If you have done any reading in the news lately you may have seen an article where scientists have taken those memory geniuses...the one...

Someone, sweet blogger, asked where I was.  Such a sweet gesture which also makes me feel guilty for not writing in a while.  I haven't ...

I sincerely believe that anyone who has a passion for living also has an addiction or two or three.  Some compelling desire that follows he/...

We have lived in this community less than five years and while hubby collects friends like my socks collect seed burrs, I do not.  Oh, I AM ...

I grew up (after my early childhood) on a farm and while I learned how to milk cows, wean a calf, collect eggs, can garden vegetables and fr...

Every year I get something in the mail regarding changes to my health insurance policy...usually the rate goes up as it has creeped up almos...

The photo in the prior post is part of a bronze sculpture called Ship of Fools by Jurgen Weber done in 1984-87 and which I saw in Nuremberg,...

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Butternut Squash Soup I do not often post recipes because the Internet is full of them and this blog is not a food blog, but th...

(With apologies to this state park volunteer.) I was walking through the hardware store today (I had sold some stock and was going to bu...

Sometimes I feel like a waste.  I feel as though I am wasting my precious remaining time.  This usually happens after I go on Facebook and f...

My mood is more creative these days.  I have less angst and fear of others.  If one met me, they would see a well-balanced, neat, clean, int...

So Mom is reading grandson (9 years old) one of the last books in the series on Harry Potter tonight, and it is the book where everyone is ...

In my prior post I had met a woman who had a serious medical issue but indicated that she had a family income that would not mean she could ...

We had decided to throw away some money on a fancy seafood lunch on the porch/deck of the local tourist restaurant as a last fall fling.  Th...

Do you remember the good 'ole days of blogging when people posted photos of their view from there desks, or their bedroom window or even...