travel… Runner-Up in Essay Contest For Second Year 15 Oct 2012 The news arrived mere moments ago. Yeah! Not the winner, but runner-up for the second year in a row in the travel portion of the essay contest for Storyhouse with…
spiritual… Turning Fifty 13 Sep 2012 By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life…
Entertainment… What Do You Like To Read? 5 Jun 2012 Mystery? Suspense? Romance? Science Fiction? Memoir? Humor? What calls you back to the written word? Fantasy? Do it Yourself? Cookbooks? What are you looking for in the pages of a…
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…
Entertainment… What’s for Dinner? The Perfect Meal for the Kentucky Derby Weekend! 3 May 20123 May 2012 I have a menu of traditional foods served at the Kentucky Derby. And you don't have to be a horse fan to enjoy it. I posted these recipes last May,…
Entertainment… Yellowstone’s Amazing Sites and History 28 Apr 2012 A pair of moose were our official greeters to Yellowstone National Park upon our arrival. I thought it fitting that they should be yours as well. What followed though, seemed…
Entertainment… X is for what? 26 Apr 201226 Apr 2012 Ah, we have known this day was coming. I have dreaded it since I signed up for the blog challenge nearly two months ago. Some of you have commented on…
Civility… W is for Windmill 26 Apr 201226 Apr 2012 When my husband and I traveled West this past summer, we began to see flat bed rigs hauling long narrow wings - so they appeared. They were too narrow to…
Entertainment… V is for View 25 Apr 201225 Apr 2012 V is for views - all kinds - all places. From the Missouri River Valley to the Badlands of South Dakota, the top of the Rockies, to Paris, France, and…