Yesterday, I linked my Medium.com post on my blog here. I wrote the post on Medium and left a link here. Overnight, it went viral and is still accumulating views and has been read almost 1,000 times. It’s too bad that I’m not already behind the paywall on that platform! If you’d like to read…
Today was intended to be a day to finish a homework assignment and a paper, both due tomorrow. But, my husband awoke with other intentions. He was going to pick pears off of our trees that have suffered this season and attempt to dehydrate them. They are delicious, albeit very small. I was frank, bluntly…
Due to changes in the laws regarding privacy and such, a parent is no longer able to access health records, tuition bills, or any kind of private communication deemed to be for your “adult” son or daughter once they turn 18. I am finding this hard to deal with. In early June, my second college…
Today, our front porch was cleaned, as I was expecting a guest. The front porch is only a small spot, taking up a square of five feet by five feet. It attracts spiders with their cobby webs, other dead insects and plant debris. It is somewhat dark and not all that inviting. Plants do not grow…
This year my son’s youth soccer team decided to participate in the USA Cup, held this week in Blaine, Minnesota just north of the great city of Minneapolis. The last few years he participated in league play through a team associated with MYSA, one of the youth soccer associations in the state of Minnesota. We…
So my intention this week was to start going to the YMCA regularly – every day – five days in a row. It’s Friday. How did I do, you ask? Well, let’s just say that I met my exercise goal for the five days but not my goal of getting to the Y five days…
There is not quite any feeling like there is when Everybody’s Home. Three Boys, Two Girls and a Boy. Three Girls. Four Boys and a Girl. One Boy. A Girl. It doesn’t matter who, as long as they are yours. Children home for the weekend, for the week, for a month-long semester break. You’ll take…
Today, I made the rounds on our fruit trees. The cherry trees in our front yard were picked clean by birds while we were away at our cabin for a few days. The 8 cups I picked last Thursday and just finished processing today are all we will have from this year’s cherry harvest! Sorry…