Today is my 1600th blog post! Wow! Today, I also find myself bereft of topics to write about. I’ve visited prompt pages, looked in my draft folder, and read some other blogs. Meh. Nothing stirs me. Lately, I’ve felt that I am forcing my writing. Not all of it. But, certainly, some of it. I’ve…
There’s snow and then, there’s SNOW! Yesterday, a winter storm was forecast for a large area of the midwest, including the region of Wisconsin in which we live. Thursday night, the night before the storm was to hit, and without any flakes yet flying, some outlying rural districts had pre-emptively closed school for the next…
At this time of year, as a gardener, my attention is naturally drawn to holiday plants. For years my fascination with Poinsettias, Christmas Cactus, Paperwhites, Amaryllis, and Mistletoe was handled by my ability to teach my elementary school garden club members about these living decorations we bring into our homes each year. By researching all…
It’s about being the best you can be – it’s not about a grade it’s not about being popular it’s not about how much money you make or the position you hold or the title you have. It’s about being the best you can be and finding a way to do that. The way might…
My writing has taken center stage in my life as far as my free time lately. Last night, for example, I was rushing into my home office to finish a poem I had started. I had forgotten the deadline was December 6th. I ended up hitting the submittable button about fifteen minutes prior to the…
Somehow I’ve gotten in the habit of posting food or diet blogs on Mondays. They are generally well-received so I am keeping the tradition! This time of year, with many holidays celebrating many faiths, there is a lot of baking going on. Our home is no different. Today, however, I am going to share a…
The last few months have been filled with unexpected events that would cause any normal person to have some degree of anxiety. My mother was hospitalized and in critical care for eight days. She resides in another state nine hundred miles away and spent a total of 55 days in a healthcare facility of some…
It’s been a weird fall. There were days that have been very hard, such as the first day I saw my mom on a respirator in ICU. Or, the day we had to fly emergently to New York because she was in ICU. The day she was admitted to a nursing home, and then, the…
Ten years ago, during the summer of 2011, my eldest son participated in the National History Day contest with a friend. Let me be clear, they were in the national part of the contest. This meant that they had participated at the district level, the regional level, the state level, and were selected to go…