I keep doing this – building something from nothing. This week I made a conscious decision to keep something I’ve built so I can continue using it with the freedom of thought and speech I’ve enjoyed since February 23, 2017. Can you guess what it is? It is writing my blog! But, writing my blog…
Over the last week, my husband and I decided that we needed to paint the “den” area off of our kitchen and the kitchen itself. These two rooms flow together and when we noticed the ceiling over the patio door had some splotchy areas that turned out to be dust or accumulated dirt, it pushed…
Last night, New Year’s Eve, was a quiet one at our house. Our grad student had returned to his campus life on the 26th of December and both of our other boys had plans with friends. We were able to have a nice dinner with one of our sons and his friend before they took…
Late this afternoon, as I sat on our couch drinking a mug of hot tea, I said to my husband, “I have not blogged today and I don’t know why.” But, actually, as I sat there a little longer I thought to myself, “Well, that’s not true, you know why.” Firstly, I have a headache…
Ever since I attended Massawepie Boy Scout (I am female) Camp in the 1970’s, in the great Adirondack Mountains of New York State, near Tupper Lake, I have had a fascination with bogs. During my stay with the Headmaster’s family, who was our neighbor when I was young, I was introduced to many things that…
This weekend I am taking a trip back in time. I accompanying my younger son back to Western New York to visit a prospective college, which just happens to be the university my husband and I attended in the 1980’s. The trip also involves travel back to a suburb were we used to live. We’ll…
Whew! I am out of whack today! It’s almost five o’clock in the afternoon and I am just writing my blog post now. Since early afternoon, I’ve been contemplating what is causing my lethargy. Here’s what I came up with so far: Darkness If you live in the northern realm of the Western Hemisphere, you…
Over the course of the last year, I’ve done a great deal of soul-searching. I have come to the following conclusion. Life is all about perspective. It is filled with different ways to look at things. And choosing to look at things one way, as opposed to another influences your happiness. It’s a matter of…
I was telling a friend this weekend, as we stared at a tub of old doll clothes, my grandmother made all the Barbie Doll clothes my sister and I had in the late 60’s and early 70’s. There were gorgeous velvet formal dresses to skimpy bathing suits and modest cover-ups. All we needed to purchase…