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.[…]
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?[…]
I love Chick-fil-a. The food is always good and the staff is always friendly and polite. I don’t think I’ve ever had poor service there. In fact, perhaps the staff goes to infinity and beyond to accommodate. One day, I ordered a salad with grilled chicken and by mistake, the server gave me chilled chicken. Read more about Adventures at Chick-fil-A[…]
What is a blog, you ask? According to the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, (why use a regular handheld dictionary when you can clackety clack a few keys and get the answer to your question in seconds?) a blog is “a website on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences.” According to Dictionary.com, a Read more about To blog or not to blog?[…]
Over the many years that we were married, my husband Mark grew a garden. Each evening after dinner, he would go to his garden, weed, water, pinch the bugs off, and “talk to the Boys.” We always teased him about talking to those tomatoes, but honestly, they were the best tomatoes around. They had received Read more about The Fruits of Labor[…]