Well, I'd been living in the "heat dome" (along with many of you) for over a week and finally had a window to get to the cotta...

My aunt Iris and her husband moved more times that I can remember and it seemed like every time they packed and moved, fewer things went alo...

Last post I mentioned that we were kid sitting with our two favorite small people, while their parents celebrated their tenth anniversary. (...

It has been a full, fun couple of weeks, by and large. We are on the threshold of summer (although our weather is so erratic it is sometimes...

After too long a break, our Cork Poppers wine tasting group gathered for yet another sampling of wines. Those of you who have followed our t...

After spending years working on my family history and pulling together a rather hefty book on the subject (it weighs in at two pounds and 30...

Early summer. You can't beat it -- temps are warming but not hot, sometimes with a breeze. Here in Michigan where we often have cloudy d...

I'd hoped to get in another book this month but I'll happily settle for six diverse ones. On the list, a best selling book looking b...

Just a quick one today. We had a lovely Memorial Day weekend. On Friday, it was the first eat-outside-day of the season.    Rick fired up th...

We have a busy few weeks coming up -- it's Memorial weekend and my friend Suzanne is coming by; an upcoming Cork Poppers in another week...

It has been a quiet week here. Rick is up north opening the cottage and he's had a great week for it. I've been weeding the so-calle...

I'll start with a pretty photo! One of my favorite blooms, the allium is short lived but so fabulous while it lasts!  Rick and I joined...

Here's some fun news for Mother's Day! Spring has kicked in "for real" these days. On Friday, I got a double whammy of it ...

Every time I visit the Ditch, the trees are greener and more filled out and there are more lily pads on the water. A few of the flowering tr...

Cataract surgery slowed down my reading time in April (and it will continue this month, too). But All the books I read were well worth readi...

It has been a quiet week here at the homestead, with Rick on his bike hike. And sometimes, that quiet is good! I've enjoyed some walks a...

Well, cataract surgery, part one, took place this week. My friend Kate took me to the surgery and  friend Jan to the follow-up appointment a...

No one has fun during a tornado warning. And around here, we take them pretty seriously, as last summer's tornado in our area proved bot...

Last week, Rick and I had the privilege of attending a wonderful new documentary film at its local premiere. You won't see it in a movie...

There has been a lot of gloomy weather here and truth be told, my walking legs haven't been up to par of late. But on a rare sunny day I...

Like many of you, Rick and I enjoyed this year's eclipse. It may not be a once in a lifetime event for many of you but for me it probabl...

Reading was my escape in the weather-weird, basement-boggling month of March. Somehow I managed to pull off seven books. Most were mysteries...

I can't say I'm sorry to flip my calendar to April. In "The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot wrote that  April is the cruelest mont...

This coming weekend is  Easter -- March 31. I'm not a fan of early Easter. I wish they'd just pick one date in mid-to-late April and...

" Art is a medicine that I must take and, my goodness, I feel better, lighter, alive, energised and I've started humming again!...

It completely freaks me out that Easter is almost here! Two dear friends birthdays passed me by and I realized that today is officially spri...

This seems to be the year for home reno in our world. You've heard about my basement, but Rick has also been hard at work -- first, on h...

The mold remediators have come and gone -- and it was quite an ordeal. They sealed off the basement with a huge hose going through the fami...

Life moves on, one day, one pile at a time. Every now and then you need a diversion and a good smile! Our oldest grand turned seven at the ...

February is a short month. But that's no excuse for a low-reading month. So, I come before you with no excuses -- and only two books com...