The Gift of Freecycling
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
It is very liberating to get rid of "stuff." It is even more rewarding to gift it to someone who can use it, or needs it, or wants it, without worry of renumeration. I have discovered Freecycle in my area, and have used it to cleanse my house of u...
Two Books I Just Read and Loved
posted 10 months ago | 0 comments
It was a week of dog books, and yet so much more. I finally read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and was moved by the story, the use of language, and the parallels with Hamlet, my favorite Shakespeare play. Sure, I wish I could have a Sawtelle dog, a...
Baby, It's Cold Outside
posted 10 months ago | 0 comments
With the temperatures heading into below-zero ranges, we here in the Midwest are bracing ourselves. I took Kathy's sewing machines in to Casey's today, and was warned that they won't be ready until next week. All over the area, people brought thei...
Ten Reasons to be Thankful Today
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
I'm thankful for the fun visit with my brother Tuesday night, and the fact that he sent e-mails about it to our sisters. He called the sushi "cat food."
I'm thankful for the students at rehearsal tonight, for their humor and abilities, and the ch...
I'm thankful for the students at rehearsal tonight, for their humor and abilities, and the ch...
Some Reasons to Love January...
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
The days are getting longer, and that means that Spring will indeed be here.
I don't have to mow my lawn.
It's a nice time to reflect, plan, renew--New Year's is a very personal thing. January feels like a clean slate, a road filled with just-ou...
I don't have to mow my lawn.
It's a nice time to reflect, plan, renew--New Year's is a very personal thing. January feels like a clean slate, a road filled with just-ou...
Post Procedure--and I smiled
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
Home from today's adventure with G.I. Joe, and I don't mean the soldier! All went well--I was awake for part of it, and watched it on the screen. Pretty interesting--parts of me the world has never seen. I watched for a few minutes and went back t...
Smile for the camera!
posted 11 months ago, updated less than a minute later | 0 comments
Hey, hey--tomorrow is my second colonoscopy! This is a necessary rite of passage at our age, I guess. Since my dad died of colon cancer, it is something that I attend to, if not willingly, at least with amused resignation. It's time for another on...
Retirement after almost six months...
posted 11 months ago, updated 10 minutes later | 0 comments
Every morning, I still wake up and think, "Wow--I don't have to go to work AGAIN today." It's not even that I disliked my career. In fact, my life as a middle school music teacher was challenging, rewarding, and never, ever, ever boring. But here ...
So This is Retirement?
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
So far, so good...spent week-end with kids, worked in yard, had lunch with friends, discovered the afternoon nap, finished a book, drank a fair amount of wine. I am having a little trouble convincing myself that it is all right to do NOTHING for a...
Trip to Yellowstone Park
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
My sister, niece, mom and I drove to Yellowstone Park. We stopped at Mt. Rushmore on the way, along with the Crazy Horse work in progress. I learned many things about the places I visited, both in the countryside and in my heart. A happy little mi...
