We’re almost there! It’s the eve before Christmas Eve – don’t you just want to say, “and all through the house, not a creature was...

Covid was (is) a huge “hiccup” in our lives, but in some ways it has given us some unexpected changes that have become a new way of life...

The cold temperatures hovered early in October this year with a good and proper snowstorm mid-November. Since the heat and humidity hung...

Picture it: I am washing some china, getting it ready to switch out with Christmas decorations, and we get a notice from Alexa that there...

Where are you celebrating our “Be Thankful” Day this year? With the ease of travel these days, any one of us could end up pretty much...

We’ve covered gossiping and letting go of other’s opinions. Now we’ll tackle people-pleasers. People pleasing may sound innocuous enough,...

For many of us, it takes a long time to learn to just be ourselves and not worry about what others think of us (and some of us never...

Who said what?! Who told you that?! How do they know it’s true?! Gossip is a poisonous snake, weaving its way through imaginary corridors...

There’s evil magic happening in the world these days. It hovers over everyone, waiting to strike, waiting to set you off in a mad tizzy,...

After posting last week’s beauty/fluffy blog on October, I started looking around and wondering why some trees of the same genus (i.e.:...

Leaves of red, yellow and orange – mottled with leftover greens and evergreens. The slow creeping of color; first a darkening with the...

All the grandparents I know, including myself, are full of unequivocable joy when we cradle those babies, hold a child on our laps, or...

Last week my grandparents’ house, this week…somehow it slowly became OUR house. Dear grandma and grandpa… Who, us? You hold your hand out...

I can still remember seeing my grandmother standing on her porch in her house dress and solid “working” shoes, and her hair tightly wound...

I’m sitting on the porch, enjoying my Fuchsia and Dipladenia plants – and hoping a hummingbird might come along – and I delight in how...

A little while ago, I came across two Facebook posts about when we’re feeling broken. You know, like when we’re being so emotionally or...

Do you remember those days? Babies and little children underfoot – maybe you’re still in the midst of those days. Laughter and games,...

There are tons of different belief systems in our world. Some religious, some scientific, logical, or political, some based on personal...

Maybe you’re a pessimist and still achieved, invented, or lived big. Or maybe you’re an optimist that didn’t have the resources or were...

I admit it. I’m an optimist, a dreamer, and an occasional ostrich (stick your head in the sand and pretend there’s no imminent danger –...