May this first few days of your new year start slowly and carefully like the kindling of a winter's fire as you ease into that favo...

Some new global things to ponder as we enter 2015 and to encourage you to make it a resolution to get your head out of the sand.  Yes, the b...

I saw "The Hobbit. The Battle of Five Armies" this past week over the holidays.  It is exactly what the title says it is, so I sho...

My original Christmas card to you.  Please forgive my editing of Luke, but I think that was a typo in the Bible.

The title above is for my husband.  That describes him perfectly.  I am far more complicated and no one would ever give me that title unless...

Celebrating a birthday weekend.  I am not big on birthdays anymore.  I am just happy to be healthy each year.  I was big on birthdays...

Information for those who are thinking of reviewing their entertainment viewing. Push one tiny button accidentally on your fancy amplifie...

On your LEFT, your RIGHT, your LEFT! I have never had to get my "ducks in a row" as I never did own ducks.  I imagine it is ...

This "Global Refuge Mural" by Joel Bergner 2009 stimulated the words below. It's the words Amorphous gems to grapple...

We  I have put up very few decorations this year.  We just got lazy.  We ARE talking about buying some lights for the dock since our neighbo...

My mornings have recently been perfection, no place I have to be, no appointments to keep, no illness forcing me out of bed to suffer elsewh...

According to some readers you can ignore the Captcha word verification window that appears before you comment.  I (and many other bloggers) ...

Bryan quietly slipped on his right boot.  They were laces, so they would not make the noise that his Velcro running shoes made.  He was t...

I try not to watch much news as the holiday season means even more "crazies," normal people for whom the season is an overwhelming...

I have just finished ordering some Christmas gifts online while watching the news on our Public Television station.  I immediately segue int...

Still thinking about posting the kids holiday photos because I am not sure who reads this blog and while I think family and friends do not.....

I did have a lovely Thanksgiving with both kids and their families.  I DID eat only 2 tablespoons of everything (heaping tablespoons) but th...

Actually I did not eat too much.  Just about 2 tablespoons of EVERYTING...except I did have a normal serving of dessert and about three and ...

My greatest wish is that everyone on the planet has a full and satisfied stomach today...my greatest wish...and for everyday hereafter. 

My prior post was a sad song about Central America, a link to a sad land.  Today, with the thankfulness season approaching, I promise more u...