Having just completed my second batch of Mexican restaurant-style salsa in as many weeks, I thought I’d post about it. However, this post is less about making the salsa than the drive to make it and what we found out when we went to eat it with some tortilla chips! Warning: Be ready for a…
My poem this week is inspired by all the children returning to school. It is a time of year that I am fond of because of the sense of newness and anticipation for the year ahead. While this year will be a year like no other, I think the sense of anticipation can still be…
This post is more personal than I usually get with my blog. But, since dieting is something most of the world’s population does at some point, it is a relevant post, nonetheless. Over the last few years, both my husband and I have noticed some middle aged spread. We enjoy food and eat well, but…
Yesterday, falling short of my daily writing goal, I failed to publish my blog. I worked on it, of course, but it failed to come together as I wanted, in part due to time spent looking for my own photos to share on the post. This morning I was able to finish it. I wrote…
It’s mid-August! This means that it is time to start tagging monarch butterflies! The monarch’s life cycle is amazing! Monarchs undergo what is referred to as a complete metamorphosis, or change in form. This is accomplished through four stages. Stage 1 Stage 1 is an egg. It is a tiny, pale yellow oval, usually found…
Have you ever been bothered by your sensitivity? This is a long-standing problem for me, one that I routinely have to reign in or it mushrooms into anxiety and frustration. The last year has brought about many changes for us all. Some, affecting me personally was the resignation from a job, a son moving out,…
This post contains what I would call a true Slice of Life! Our dog has hives! Saturday night my husband was working on his old truck, a 1962 Ford Unibody, in our yard. He let the dog roam around while he worked. We have a large yard, about 3 acres, and the entire perimeter has…
What are you doing, personally, to make living during the COVID pandemic better for others? Anything? Or, are you just complaining? Be honest here. Are you actively trying to make life livable during this crisis? One of the debatable tenants of Environmental Education has become a guide for my life. It is that there MUST…