Entertainment… Summer Solstice 21 Jun 201121 Jun 2011 Today is the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of sunlight - over fourteen hours! The word 'solstice' is a latin combination of the word…
family… Making Plum Jam and Memories 20 Jun 201120 Jun 2011 Blessed with plums, the question becomes what to do with them. I've already made a tart and a crumble, and am still looking a bowl full of beautifully ripe fruit.…
home… Giant June Moon 17 Jun 201117 Jun 2011 I've been awakened the past couple of mornings around three a.m. - not by alarms, telephone calls, or dogs barking - but by an enormous spotlight shining through the half-round…
Entertainment… Belmont Stakes’ Results 12 Jun 201112 Jun 2011 Did you watch the running of the 143rd Belmont Stakes yesterday? Or was the final leg of the Triple Crown spoiled for you by the lack of a possible victor?…
family… Who Was Supposed To Check The Gas? 8 Jun 20119 Jun 2011 Propane gas is our main source of really warm heat in the winter. Although we have a heat pump, we keep it set on about sixty degrees and then use…
self-help… Extrovert or Highly Social Introvert 6 Jun 20116 Jun 2011 I have always thought of myself as an extrovert - it even said so on the score of the Jung and Briggs Myers personality tests that I took back in…
Entertainment… Carolina Romance Writers and Anna DeStefano @ Hickory Tavern in NC 5 Jun 20117 Jun 2011 Anna DeStefanoLast month, as some of you know, I attended a writing retreat in Asheville, North Carolina, sponsored by The Wild Rose Press. Two representatives from the Carolina Romance Writers,…