There's something about fall that calls for a road trip. And even though it wasn't what I call "full fall" (in fact, it ha...

Sometimes there isn't a lot of new to share, especially since I'm trying to lay a little low these days. So I figured I'd look b...

Well, we can't say we aren't well into September, only a few days from "official" fall. Time is flying and I'm -- not!...

I feel half-in, half-out these days. Home most of the time but still anticipating weekends or even a few extra days at the lake. I find it o...

For weeks I thought August was a slow reading month. Too much computer time? But somehow I finished seven books and they were all good ones....

Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leav...

Recently, in the New York Times, Melissa Kirsch shared some thoughts on the end of summer saying "We're in the down elevator....

The walks at the end of summer are a bit bittersweet in many ways. It's the same path I walk throughout the summer and it rarely seems t...

Home alone (at the lake) for a bit. It has its pluses and minuses. First thing on the plus side, I captured Lizzie unaware and so an early d...

About a week ago, I dropped off Rick and his bike about an hour or so past home to give him a head start on his ride last week. It was a gre...

Stepping back in time for a minute, I was home for a few days when I took Nancy back down state to head back to Colorado. Of course I had to...

"The corn is as high as an elephant's eye And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky!"      ~~~  Oscar Hammerstei...

Summer is moving so quickly -- too quickly for me. It seems we got a late start. Well, a funky start, at best. It got very hot too early; th...

What do you do on a beautiful day in the north? A road trip is always a good idea! Rick and I decided to head north to Sault Saint Marie, Mi...

I had hoped to have a few more (at least one more) book to share with you this month -- but then I started having fun and something had to g...

Once upon a time, a family with a three year-old only child moved next door to a family of five with a two year-old daughter. The girls beca...

Rick celebrated another circle (or cycle!) around the sun this past week. I'm a firm believer in celebrating birthdays -- sometimes it t...

Lake life continues to move at a slow and gentle pace. Lovely sunsets, (almost) daily walks (the rain is a factor) and sometimes even a cele...

Well, here in the last postcard I was talking about our mostly lovely weather and that it was warm. Then the rain came and cooled it off. Bu...

I have decided that it takes a good week to begin to get a new routine going, to look at time differently than I do at home. There is no s...

As I begin writing this, it's my first evening at the lake. Finally. Between appointments and physical therapy, along with a couple of f...

Somehow I managed to squeeze in six books during June -- no doubt because most of them were so good I couldn't put them down! Not surpri...

Well, things have a way of working out, even if it sometimes takes a stupid mistake to facilitate it! Here you see my yard sale!  It was a s...

May wasn't my best reading month, but for the most part the books I did finish were well worth the time. They included two mysteries, a ...

It seems like everything happens in June -- graduations, weddings, parties. It's no exception here! We've had a few fun times and ce...

Sketchbook Revival 2023, hosted by Karen Abend, wrapped up in late April and it was a good one! For the uninitiated, it is a collection of t...

The Memorial Day weekend and the time leading up to it brought a couple of species of critters into our lives. First, it's time for new ...

I went to a wonderful estate sale last month -- but it was also a sad one. The resident of the home was the dad of a high school friend of m...

When last we left our happy travelers, we had wrapped up the Tudors at the Cleveland Art Museum . But there was much more to see and we were...

We recently headed to Cleveland for an extended family wedding. It was the first trip I'd taken (apart from to the kids or to the lake) ...