Today is Silent Sunday. On this day each week, I post photographs of my own on a theme of my choosing. I love taking photos of nature, plants, and landscapes. Enjoy! There is no permission to duplicate these photos in any means without my express permission.
Cadaver Lab
It’s Saturday morning and we’re sitting around talking about our cadaver lab experiences. What else do you do on a Saturday?! My husband had this experience in medical school. Our son visited such a lab in high school for his anatomy class. I, while a nursing student, had to dissect cats, frogs, and sheep eyeballs…
Poetry Friday: Driving in Snow and Wordle
It seems I’ve been all over the place this week, starting it in Iowa four hours from my home and ending it at our cabin, back home, and then three hours in the other direction to our cabin. It’s a snowy day here in the upper midwest. There’s a lot you can notice when you…
Buying Books and Independent Bookstores
Lately, I need to be reading an enjoyable book. It provides me a few minutes of downtime during busy days and a few minutes to wind down at the end of the day, as well. I’ve always been a reader but during the years I had a demanding career as well as the time we…
Slice of Life: Off-Broadway Theater in the Corn Belt
Over the five years during which my son has been a grad student in Ames, Iowa, we have attended many theater performances together. It has become somewhat of a tradition for us, a delayed birthday treat for him that I can also take part in each year. We both enjoy theater, especially musical theater, and…
Foodie Monday: Fish, Rum, and Pineapples
We had some delicious food on our trip to Maui – namely some delicious fresh fish which we knew we could find and enjoy. Mahi-mahi, salmon, and others were part of our fish tacos, fish and chips, and ahi-seared preparations. We also enjoyed fresh Maui Gold pineapple several times during the week, as well as…
Silent Sunday: Haleakala (House of the Sun)
Today is Silent Sunday. All photos are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta, 2022. There is no permission to reproduce in any form without her express permission. Thank you.
Walking Carefully while Experiencing the Awe of Nature
Lately, I’ve been walking with care. We hiked in some national parks in the fall and recently returned from Maui, where we hiked to a waterfall that served as the turnaround point to an out-and-back trek through a magical bamboo forest. In both places, signs were scattered near the edges of trails warning hikers to…
Is this the Start of a Busy Season?
Could February be the start of our busy season? Maybe! Today we took the first step towards a big move! We had a real estate agent come and appraise our home. We’ve lived here since 2007 making a move within our town from a suburban subdivision lot to a larger, 3.25-acre lot on the edge…
Silent Sunday: The Best of Maui, January 2022
Today is Silent Sunday. All photographs are taken by the blog author, Carol Labuzzetta. No permission exists for duplication in any form unless express consent is granted by her. Thank you.








