A couple of weeks ago I was enjoying the last of my free 3 months of Sirius satellite radio by listening to 70’s on 7. I enjoy this music as it takes me back to the days of being a young, carefree child. Sometimes this station plays the same songs over and over but today’s…
Today was busy, but a good busy. The fact it was good is important due to a slight meltdown I experienced last night. I told my twenty-year-old I am going to have to start paying him counseling fees! The First First I started my day by driving an hour to a rural village where I…
You know it’s fall when you see Chrysanthemums at the garden store! My love affair with mums goes back almost as far as the one I have with my husband! At our first house, in Buffalo, New York, we rejuvenated our front garden bed by cutting down overgrown spirea and boarding the bed with yellow…
It is a Friday at the end of August. You can imagine how busy it is, even if you don’t have students headed back to school. I had the day off and my husband is retired, so we decided to have lunch out and do a few errands. If we weren’t having so much fun…
Pink Floyd Do you remember the Pink Floyd song that included the line: “Hey! Teachers! Leave Them Kids Alone!” Well, I do – since I am of an age when my friends were listening to Pink Floyd and other rock bands in the late seventies. This song and that famous line came to my mind…
Lately, I have been suffering from a lack of confidence. Yes, this week has been better than last. Still, overall, I feel every little knick that chips away at my confidence. It is not related to only one area of my life, but filters across many. Admittedly, I have not felt this unsure of myself…
If we are lucky to live long enough, all of us will go through transitional periods in our lives. We might not like them all, but they’ll be there, nonetheless. My husband and I, as well as some of our friends, are starting the transition to the stage of retirement. Have you worked all your…
It’s been a little over two weeks since I made my last monarch update. We are just starting the time of year when the super generation is being born! This is the generation of Monarchs that will migrate to Mexico, overwinter, and start to make the return trip Northward next spring. Having been on vacation…