Monday evening I was at parent-teacher conferences. My youngest son is a senior in high school and is currently involved in a large solo art project in a nearby community. He is painting a mural on an outdoor wall at a business. It is large – nearly 40 feet long. But, it is October in…
My parents have been on my mind lately. They live about 900 miles away on the Western side of New York State. I haven’t lived near them in over 20 years. But, they are aging and so am I. As the saying goes, time doesn’t wait for anyone. Lately, there have been several things that…
A tisket a tasket I see another casket! Today I had to take a table back to our shop storage area at work. To get to the storage room, one has to traverse a couple of hallways. Between the two main hallways is a storage room full of new caskets. It is one of the…
White Wedding Dress. Table Top Ferns of Green. Comfortable shoes for dancing. Favorite Comfort Foods Served. The first dance – Classic music gathers friends and family, Glenn Miller’s In the Mood affects old and young, alike. Smiles all around. Reusable straws gift us all – present or not. Weddings reflect the bride and groom. Their love…
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…
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…