I am on the road once again or I guess I should say plane. The daughter was allowed to select the destination for a family vacation (he...

I am retreating into my world of photographic art. It can be very therapeutic, trust me!

This has been a more difficult year to maintain our yard. We "contracted" with employees from a small landscape firm in the are...

Having fun with photographs: These flowers last only a few days with the heavy rains and later increasing heat, but I have captured ...

I shop at the local big supermarket. Produce is less varied and must be selected more carefully than when I shop at the more expensive yuppi...

A Man's Home is his Castle We built our house over twelve years ago. Over the years I have had to have two casement windows repaire...

I have always been a curious person and have many questions this week (not necessarily in order of importance): Why did Pruitt try to bu...

This is close to La La Land. Many years ago when my sister was in her early 40's, she contracted skin cancer and lost the battle a...

"The Health and Human Services Department has a limited budget to track the welfare of vulnerable unaccompanied minors, and realiz...

The Laughing Tree I have been watching the National Geographic series Genius . Last year it was about Einstein. This year it is about P...

Hoping you had a nice Mother's Day if you are a mother. I am not super comfortable with this holiday because I do have friends and re...

I am impressed (while perhaps not motivated) to find bloggers keeping up their posts in the spring season.  I am compelled and even guilted ...

One spring somewhere in Utah. My days are so full of gardening and planning a weekend get-away with my daughter and daughter-in-law to ...

The last few days, if you follow our President,  you will have heard news about about peeing, prostitutes in an industry in which Russia s...

"I needed to compose you one little bit of observation to be able to give thanks again for those striking strategies you've share...

I use Facebook more than many people do, but I do not judge those who will have nothing to do with this social networking site,  like my...

This is actually a sunset and not a sunrise As many who are retired with no little ones or pets to demand time in a morning schedule,  I...

With a passion for gardening, we ordered a truck of that Leafgro that I wrote about in the prior post. We have a good-sized vegetable garde...

Do not scroll down through this post. Yes, it is boring and maybe repetitive for some of you, but the next time you feel helpless in fixin...

Spring has sprung and so have most of my ligaments. I spent hours weeding and cutting away perennials on my knees in wet soil. My roses neve...