The calendar tells us it is officially spring. I've got to go with that because otherwise, it's just too depressing!    So, on a rem...

Once again, life is a bit slow. Rick just returned from Florida this week, where he spent time with his dad and saw old friends. He got to t...

My friend Suzanne, who lives in London, Ontario, came to visit this week. We were celebrating Belated Christmas. (And belated birthdays, too...

Our schizophrenic weather brought to mind a character from an old children's television show I watched as a child,  "The Howdy Dood...

Three books this month. Is it the headaches that stopped me from doing more? Maybe. And I'm half through another that I'm not sure I...

In the last post I hopefully pointed to signs of spring -- melted snow, being the biggie. Well, I knew it would be back, and it was. Not a l...

It's been quite a couple of weeks. To be honest, I'm getting a little tired of it all! But the best part was Valentine's Day! Ri...

My great grandfather (my mother's maternal grandfather), William S. Wood, was born at sea in 1850 and raised in Buffalo, NY. By the 1880...

It's still mid February and while I don't want to wish time away, boy -- it seems like a long month! At least we've had some fun...

It's time for another Cork Poppers post! This time we met at my house and our theme was "Where in the World Would You Like to Be Ri...

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...