It Seems Like Only Yesterday

  I had planned on writing a post yesterday.  It would have been my first post of the new year.  (yes, I'm slow)  However, after watchin...

  We woke up this morning to a bit of an ice storm.   I know the picture looks like snow but it is actually ice.   A good day to stay home a...

Can you believe it?  Christmas Eve already!  I’m not completely ready yet but I’ll get there.  I’ve got last minute cleaning and baking to d...

  We have a Christmas tradition of going to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra show every holiday season.  Well, every Christmas except this one b...

  Christmas is finding its way here even though I am slow at getting started on my holiday preparations.  It seems like each year there is a...

  A very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to all my U.S. friends!   Preparations for a somewhat smaller holiday have been taking place here.   Ye...

I've inherited many small, yet special items from my Mother and Grandmother.  One such item is a small, hand carved toy rocking chair th...

  Some years we quickly slide into Winter with snow, ice and sharp winds.   Other years it is an easier process, more of a gentle teasing ...

  We voted this morning and I am happy to say it went smoothly and easily with no problems or delays.  Even though we live in a small town t...

We used to celebrate Halloween every year.  Before I retired I worked in a medical office where we all dressed up in costumes and celebrated...

  Last Friday our younger son Sean had outpatient surgery for a hernia repair.   We always help him out with things like that since he is si...

  Every year about this time I become more acutely aware of the change of seasons.   The days are colder and the nights are longer.   I like...

  It’s been a quiet weekend but that can be good at times.   I’ve stayed busy with odds and ends of jobs around the house.   Yesterday I did...

I would guess that most of us remember buying our first car.  It is usually one of those occasions that we have waited, dreamed and worked h...

A few weeks ago we received a gift from our son, three Amazon Echo Dots or Alexa, smart speaker/virtual assistant.  I must say there was a t...

Three days a week I take Tom to his cardiac rehab appointments at a small hospital not too far from our home.  The hospital has a very nice ...

I’ve certainly not been much of a blogger this month.  It’s been two weeks since I’ve written a post and this past week I’ve not been commen...

  One of the few pictures of all of us together at my Grandmother's house in 1954.   Top row, middle is my brother Charlie, second row, ...