Life....At Six....
posted about 23 hours ago | 4 comments
Goggle Boy was here yesterday. It is always interesting to watch him and listen to what he has to say, if he says anything at all. He hardly ever wears his goggles anymore: he is grown up now. He is six.
He has his very own place at Grandma's tab...
He has his very own place at Grandma's tab...
All Buttoned Up and Beautiful...
posted 2 days ago | 2 comments
Those are the words Kathy Bates uttered when she found her money jar in the charred rubble of her home. It was only a movie, of course, called A Home of Our Own... As she shook it, then held it close, she was reassuring her children that th...
Blessings....
posted 4 days ago | 4 comments
This seems to be the most popular time of year to count one's blessings. I think blessings are like socks: they come in all sizes, shapes and colors but, as long as they keep your feet warm, they're good.
At times in my life, I have been short o...
At times in my life, I have been short o...
Woe Is Me.......NOT!
posted 5 days ago, updated 1 minute later | 7 comments
I need milk. It's pretty hard to have twigs and milk for breakfast without the milk. Actually, twigs for breakfast is not all that great, even with the milk. But twigs are good for me and so, I eat them. It says “bran buds” on the box, but ...
Balance....
posted 7 days ago | 7 comments
Have you ever taken a picture of something, and when you looked at it, you saw something else? That is what happened to me this weekend. And, as I did the supper dishes tonight, I had an epiphany.
Yesterday started with bright sunshine, beautiful...
Yesterday started with bright sunshine, beautiful...
Going My Way...
posted 8 days ago, updated 5 minutes later | 7 comments
I woke up this morning to a bright, sunny, late fall day. Little patches of wispy cotton clouds in the beautiful blue sky, green grass, bright lavender blooms on the potato bushes, and nothing to do but enjoy it.
What did John Raitt say in the so...
What did John Raitt say in the so...
Bookworm, Confessions of a
posted 11 days ago, updated 8 minutes later | 6 comments
I love books. I have hundreds of them. I have even read a couple of them.
I love turning the pages, feeling the type and looking at all the pictures. You know how autobiographies always have all the pictures in the middle of the book? That's my ...
I love turning the pages, feeling the type and looking at all the pictures. You know how autobiographies always have all the pictures in the middle of the book? That's my ...
Under Construction...
posted 13 days ago, updated about 16 hours later | 9 comments
I've been thinking...There seems to be a lot of road construction going on right now in Podunk. Everywhere I had to drive today was a construction zone. One of the main east-west arteries was closed a couple of blocks from where I needed to turn, ...
A Hundred Million Miracles...
posted 16 days ago, updated 2 minutes later | 7 comments
Yes, that's the title of a song from “Flower Drum Song...” and was sung by Miyoshi Umeki in the movie. It has always been my favorite song from that particular musical.
It seems to me that it is even more appropriate now, in these times. Why? Bec...
It seems to me that it is even more appropriate now, in these times. Why? Bec...
