Did I have a writer? Did I have a mathematician? Did I have an athlete? Did I have an inventor? Did I have … At six, most kids don’t know what they want to be. Even if they exhibit high potential or even giftedness in a particular area. In Kindergarten, one of mine wanted to…
Month: November 2022
Silent Sunday: The Four Seasons in Photos
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day during the week when I just post my own photographs on a theme of my choice. There is no permission to duplicate in any fashion! Enjoy and Thank you!
Links to Recent Blog Posts You Might Have Missed
Between Writing my NaNo Novel and posting to Medium.com daily, I’ve let my posts to The Apples in My Orchard Slide a little bit. I thought I’d share some recent postings here: A travel post about Kauai – 11/21/22 A post about Kindness and whether or not acts of kindness need to be shared. 11/21/22…
Silent Sunday: Orchid Blooms
Today is Silent Sunday. It is one day of the week I post my own photographs without any words. This week’s theme is my orchids. All photos are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta. There is no permission to duplicate in any fashion. Thank you!
Poetry Friday: Too Much on My Plate
NaNoWriMo Update Whew! This month is flying by. I am halfway through NaNoWriMo and pushing ahead. So far I have 22,225 words, slightly behind where I should be at this time in the month. I killed off a character last night and am not sure it was best for my storyline. So today, for the…
Housing Decisions As We Age Leads to Adjustments
Moving away from friends causes some reconsideration for an introvert. Almost five months ago, on June 24th, we moved. It was an exciting time. We sold our primary residence, without showing it through a relator, and got the price we asked! Between April and June, we cleaned out, packed, finished odd jobs, gave things away,…
When Will These Towels Stop Shedding and Other Miscellaneous Drivel
Part of our planned projects in moving to our cabin this summer on a semi-permanent basis was to finish the installation of a second full bathroom, another bedroom, and a second TV area – all in the lower level of the timber-frame dwelling we built in 2005. All of the work to finish the interior…
Silent Sunday: Pretty in Pink
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day, each week that I post my own photography on a theme of my choosing. Color plays an important role in my life, Today, the featured color is pink! All photos are copyrighted by me. There is no permission to duplicate in any form.
Poetry Friday: In Flander’s Field, A Poem for Veteran’s Day
Since I’ve been keeping up with my daily blog on Medium and writing each night on my NaNoWriMo novel, I do not have a poem of my own ready today. Veteran’s Day. Thus, I went searching for one on Poets.org where you can find poetry in the public domain. In Flanders Fields John McCrae – 1872-1918…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Election Day is Here, Get out and Vote!
Did you vote yet? My husband and I voted before noon today. We had to register at a new polling place because of our move earlier this summer. Fortunately, we researched what we’d need to do that and took the appropriate documents. This included our Wisconsin driver’s licenses for our photo id and a bill…






