I have always felt a letdown as the holidays wind down.  When I was younger I was able to fill the empty hours with a return to my job or pr...

Today is my birthday and I have made it to 3/4 of a century. I certainly never thought about that, although I hoped to live a long and ...

During this time of year, our two (three?) persimmon trees outside begin to produce abundantly. The entire harvest arrives in less than...

"Martha is going to come over in forty-five minutes to see the lights out on the dock. She wants to know how we did it."  Hubby c...

Some of you are so good at writing on a regular schedule.  Readers do like that.  They like knowing that every morning or even just ever...

It is a very quiet morning at my daughter's house the day before TG. Daughter and husband are overseas enjoying beaches and pools ...

I keep forgetting about what is really going on in the world. Our lives are spent mostly close to home, although we will be taking our ...

I realize that most of you do not need to read about family dramas over the holidays. Who wants to hear about families juggling holiday...

I have been organizing for the holidays..or trying to. Way back in May of this year...YES,May(!) my son-in-law asked me if I could help h...

As I posted oh so long ago, I was finally going to hire a cleaning service.   I am in my 70s and I have never had a housecleaner, except...

I just posted on my other blog about the wonderful shoreline visits last weekend in our canoe.  This weekend I have been out and about a...

At our age my husband and I realize that life has many twists and turns. He has received a probable medical diagnosis that we sadly anti...

As most of my readers know, my chronic cough returned after only a 5-week respite. I did enjoy sleeping through the night and feeling f...

I was just settling in for an afternoon nap when there was a war of hornets filling the air.  It was not real hornets, of course, but the ac...