It Seems Like Only Yesterday

Gavin and his girlfriend, Skye My grandson, Gavin, graduated from high school this past Saturday.   Gavin and his older sister Annika were h...

June has always been a busy month for our family and this year is no different, pandemic or not.   My daughter-in-law, Kristi, celebrated ...

I pray For understanding and kindness among all people That no one is harmed by weapons, words or anger For equality and fairn...

When I started this blog I told myself I would avoid politics.  Period.  For the most part I have tried to do that, but there are things...

I received an early morning phone call from my oldest son, Chris, telling me there was something on my front porch.  This was a bit conf...

We have had a wonderfully cool and comfortable week.  The temperature has stayed in the 60s F most days and I love that.  It's been cool...

After some beautiful weather last week we have had a long string of dark, rainy days this week.  It is helping to make everything green so t...

I've always loved Spring despite the ups and downs we get with the weather here.  We've had sporadic sunny days and a good portion o...

For the most part things have been moving fairly slowly around here.   Last week did seem to be busier for a variety of reasons.   I fin...

Boy is this a loaded word.   The dictionary definition for motivation is:   the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a part...

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Easter.  It will be different this year for most of us.  But that doesn't mean we can't celebrate w...

I feel like we are all pioneers in a new world with this Pandemic Isolation leading our lives at the moment.  There's been Pandemics bef...

I guess that is what we are all doing these days.  There are so many changes to our way of life.  Basic, simple things have changed. ...

I'm willing to guess that I am not the only one that feels like I am living in a bad sci-fi movie or maybe a Stephen King novel.  No, th...

I have always appreciated the many things we are able to take care of using the internet.  It saves money in reducing the amount of gas usag...

It seems like things have sure been changing fast this past week.  It started out reasonably normal. Last Tuesday was "Super Tuesday...

There's not been much to write about around here recently.  In fact, things have been so slow this week that even the cats are bored. ...

This date has special meaning to me.   When I was a child we joked about it being “Leap Day” and said we would not want to be born on th...

Sophie & Zeus Our cats, Sophie and Zeus love to spend time looking out the windows and doors.  They each look out for different fa...

I was sorting through some old boxes the other day and found a relic from the past - Green Stamps.  I had put away a couple of the bo...

We've had a nice weekend after a week of snow, ice and temperatures as low as  4° F.  It has been above freezing all weekend and we eve...