The End of a Blogging Challenge Today marks the end of the Slice of Life Challenge for this year. As a “Slicer” back for my second year, I knew I could meet the challenge of writing, reflecting, and reacting each day. I knew this because I continued to write after the Slice of Life Challenge…
Lately, I am recognizing my age as a “50-something” woman. It’s okay. My husband is recognizing his, right along with me. These are the things that make me/us think that we are getting old: This winter was long and cold. We started saying in January that we were ready for it to be over, already!…
Last night we had potato pancakes or latkes for dinner! We regularly had these while I was growing up. So recently, when my 18-year-old asked us to switch up what we were serving for meals, I thought this was a great opportunity to try them again. But, I started to laugh as I grated the…
We used to have a saying in college, “only in Alfred”! My husband and I attended this small, private university in what is known as the Southern Tier of New York State. The tiny pedestrian campus, governed by one stoplight in town, is surrounded by rolling hills that make the setting very picturesque. It was…
Have you ever dug around a container in your kitchen pantry looking for the elusive piece of chocolate, tea bag, or other such treat? This happened to me yesterday, as it occasionally does when I do not keep up regular grocery shopping. Digging, and more digging, to find one last tea bag of the type…
Pause long enough to plant a seed and watch it grow. Pause to smell the bright flower that attracted your attention. Pause be kind to everyone who crosses your path. Pause to smile even when you are hurried and harried in your life. Pause to appreciate what you have and stop longing for what you…
The cycle of airport rudeness; another way of saying what comes around goes around! Recently, two of my family members had to take multiple flights across the country to visit a sick relative and investigate a prospective university for attending graduate school. Due to the locations of the destinations, multiple flights were involved. Some of…
Last month when we explored bees and their role in pollination, my garden club students made fun of my pronunciation of the word almonds! I’m okay with being made fun of on occasion so this really didn’t bother me. But, what ensued was a rather humorous five minutes of me responding with, “What?, I’m pronouncing…