In the United States, we have the beginning of the 'holiday season' which means some families can panic even more about their bu...

The onset of dementia in someone you love is very much like a mosquito that you think has moved on. It gets bothering to the point of y...

I visited the dentist a few days ago.  I had a chipped crown and was not looking forward to the replacement.  As I waited in the chair, I fo...

I may not comment on your blog, but that does not mean I did not read it, think about and sometimes attempt to comment. I have noticed tha...

Here is Part II of our short morning paddle down the river and back into a little gunk hole.  Our little finger of the river takes less than...

This canoe trip was taken up our bend in the river on October 5. The leaves had not changed to that beautiful fall by then but were jus...

Below are photos of my Black Haw or Viburnum as it turns color this fall. It is a shrub that gets about six feet high and five or six f...

Sunsets are nearer my side of the river just at dinner now. Who cares if dinner gets cold? On the other side of things, the days shorten qui...

According to Wikipedia "Ophelia (/əˈfiːliə/) is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet (1599–1601). She is a young noble...

I wonder as I age about the (my) concept of time. One definition I found on that vast and scary Internet is "the indefinite continued...

My world is still pockata, pockata, pockating along. My life seems to be running like an old model T. It is not as smooth or as fast a...

I have been wanting to post but just have not been able to get the energy or heart to do so.  As my readers may remember, I was on the i...

My husband was diagnosed with "mild cognitive impairment" over a year ago. Why did we go in for a diagnosis?  His mother had ...

We managed to coordinate all of the activities which included our 53 -year-vow renewal, which also included my son-in-law's Birthday din...