Do you remember the blog that I posted early in the spring on gardening? Well, here we are in the heat and heart of the summer, and my garden has lost its mind and gone crazy. Dear Phil came and rototilled the garden back in the spring, turning under the soil mixed with an aromatic Read more about Reaping what you sow[…]
When I heard about the shooting in Dallas where a supposed lone killer shot five officers in cold blood while they were on duty during a protest, I felt my heart sink to my shoes. This occurred in the same week that two other shootings involving police officers made headlines and raised the hackles of Read more about Lives that matter.[…]
One can say so much about grand-parenting. I had interesting grandparents. My maternal grandmother was Czech and lived in Manhattan for sixty years, at least. She was born in Youngstown, OH, and somehow ended up in the big city where she lived in an apartment building a few short blocks from Greenwich Village. When I Read more about Grandparents and Influence[…]
I never thought I would see the day when grandchildren would make my life interesting and exciting. Many people see grandchildren as the perpetuation of the family line. Some people begin hassling their newly-married children for grandchildren a short time after the wedding. The parents can hardly wait to become grandparents so that they can Read more about Grandchildren–the Perpetuation of Family[…]
“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.” Frank A. Clark It’s the little things in life that bring joy and meaning, at least for me. I have a marvelous back yard in which I have a vegetable garden, a bird feeder, wicker rockers under a Read more about It’s the little things.[…]
I have two dogs. One is a twelve year-old Jack Russell and one is a two year-old corgi. Both are males. The Jack sleeps almost twenty-two or more hours a day, while the corgi rests, awaiting my returns for various locations. If I am at home, the little hairballs must be within touching distance. Not Read more about For the love of Dogs[…]
Waiting is a bear. Really. Life is a line. Get in it. Don’t try cutting in line. Don’t try to get to the front. Don’t avoid the line. Don’t cause problems because all cutting will do is cause problems for you. Just wait…your turn. I’ve spent a good part of my life waiting. One of Read more about Waiting in Line[…]
In light of last week’s blog on the restoration of the refrigerator, I decided that this week I will continue the voyage into the restless sea of recipe hunting. When I was growing up, we lived in a small crack-jack box size house which had a tiny kitchen with no room to put a table. Read more about Experimenting in the kitchen[…]
Today was a grand occasion. Well, grand in the sense that this occasion only happens rarely. I cleaned my refrigerator. We all have the experience of science projects that we have left a little too long, incubating in the back of the fridge for the time that we need something quick to eat, or for Read more about What’s in your refrigerator?[…]
The fifties are a tricky age. Mentally, I feel like I’m still eighteen years old, but recently, my body has begun a little protest of its own. My left hip has grown noticeably weaker, and I move slower; things sag, and I feel like I am dragging myself around. My son conscientiously works out and Read more about To exercise or not? That is my question.[…]