I had high hopes for January reading and ended up with four books, three mysteries and one novel. I did clock in a lot of pages -- most were...

It's been a full week, mostly good, and capped off on Saturday with a Cork Poppers gathering. More on that one later, but we had a wonde...

Today is Nicole's Friday Face-Off portrait challenge , in which we share portraits we have done of another. Now, if I was really doing ...

Greetings from the Polar Vortex. Chances are if you live most places in the US, you are in it, too.    We are in the midst of a deep freeze ...

The past week has been mostly a "friend" week with several lunches and dinners out. I've been short of companionship during th...

Well, I've been here before. A slow month. I could write about a lot of health things or political topics but I don't want to and yo...

Finally -- an overview of the books I read in 2025. This was a far better reading year than I expected, with a grand total of 73 books read ...

The calendar has turned over and I'm doing my best to turn over with it!  Some recent doc appointments have brought about some medicatio...

Recently, the New York Times had an article about seven reflection questions to ask yourself that might help you have a happier new year in...

I guess I read a bit more than anticipated in December, wrapping up the year with mostly mysteries, which are my "comfort food,"  ...

Happy New Year! 2025 was quite a year for us. We had a damaging ice storm at the lake and a tree fell down on Rick's house during a torn...

I think we were like many of you, who enjoyed multiple Christmases! As you saw in the last post , we had fun with the kids, decorating Rick...

The kids have moved on to their next Christmas after a good (and exhausting!) celebration. The tree is up and will be for a bit. I need the ...

We're closing in on Christmas and perhaps the best part is spending time with friends and doing some fun things, a bit out of the box. A...

Things are on the upswing here as my friend Suzanne visits this weekend. But I thought I'd pop in the last of the home decorating pix. I...

It may be the December holidays now, but in late November, we were popping corks with Cork Poppers, celebrating fall and the upcoming "...

Thanksgiving may be over but my personal season of gratitude extends to you. Thank you all for such kind, supportive words. I'm pleased ...

(If you're not into book chat, see the note at the bottom!)   I'm not sure what I was doing in November. Yes, prepping for my art sa...

Last weekend wasn't my best. I was nervous about my surgery, but what was really getting to me was wanting to get the house decorated be...

I hope those of you celebrating Thanksgiving had a lovely holiday, whether you were solo, with family or, as we did, enjoying a Friendsgivin...

Those of us living in the US will be celebrating Thanksgiving on November 27 -- the latest day in the year that this "moving around...

You'd think after the last week, with the art sale eating most of the time, I'd be laying low. And in some ways, I would have liked ...

I am SO ready for a break! Last week was a bit of a zoo (and this one is, too). Mostly all good stuff, but still, sometimes enough is enough...

It's been a good week or two and not a lazy one! I've been busy ramping up for the art sale (which is November 13-15 and if you live...

It's been kind of lonesome around here of late. Rick's been north, doing his annual retreat at the cottage, which culminates with hi...

October was a surprisingly good reading month for me. Or maybe not all that surprising. About a week of that was spent up north with a foot ...

It hardly seems possible that we are in the last week of October. What on earth happened to summer? It seemed winter went on and on and now ...

Given that life is rather dull these days, let me take you on another "Finding Old Photos" journey, this time to the Netherlands. ...

Well, lake time is over for this kid. It was especially hard to leave this time. Rick and I had a wonderful ten days there, excellent weathe...

It's been both lovely and challenging, these final days at the lake. And for the most part, it has been simply beautiful.   Our color is...