family… Turning a Corner 7 Jan 2013 I hesitated calling this post 'Turning a Corner', as every time we thought that we were doing just that, something slammed us back to square one. As most you know…
family My Nightmare Before Christmas 15 Dec 201215 Dec 2012 As most of you know, my mother is elderly, due to turn ninety in about forty days. She prefers to live in her own home and has great neighbors. Although…
family… A Grateful Nation 20 Nov 2012 When most of us think of Thanksgiving tradition we go all the way back to 1621 and the first Thanksgiving feast attended by fifty-three Pilgrims and ninety Native Americans. It…
Entertainment… Happy Halloween 27 Oct 20122 Nov 2012 I love Halloween. It is such a fun holiday that requires so little and gives back so much. The only gifts to purchase being fun-sized candy and colorful pencils. Halloweens…
Entertainment… An Autumn Walk With Gretel 21 Oct 2012 These two are my precious loves - my son Caleb, and my dog-ter Gretel! This was taken about a week ago on Gretel's first birthday. We celebrated by buying her some…
family… Updates 5 Oct 2012 Thank you all for the wonderful well wishes, tips and advice, and sympathy during my husband's recent ordeal with kidney stones. We think it has passed. When it first subsided…
family… Living in the Stone Belt 1 Oct 2012 There is an area in the southern United States that extends from Washington, DC to Louisiana that is known as 'The Stone Belt'. I first learned about it a few…
family… The Battery Goes Where? 1 Jun 2012 For twenty years I have traded one Buick for another. Talk about brand loyalty! I love that they feel solid, spacious, comfortable. And combined with gas mileage that is advertised…
Entertainment… Atalaya Castle and Arts and Crafts Festival 23 May 201223 May 2012 Enter here, my friends, right through the door of the imaginations of a pair of artists and art historians, Archer and Anna Huntington. Located inside of Huntington Beach State Park,…
Civility… What are you doing Memorial Day? 20 May 201223 May 2012 Memorial Day in the United States is held on the last Monday of May to honor the men and women who have died in service to our country. We traditionally…