Descaling and Paris

Descaling and Paris

A couple years ago, I bought a Keurig, great coffee, easy peasy, and I loved it For about a week.  One sunny morning, ready for coffee, it stopped working. I had bought it at the big box C store and decided to take it back. Luckily the recycling guys hadn’t shown...
Who Are You, Mr. Chen?

Who Are You, Mr. Chen?

I received a package this week, such a surprise, as the only mail I ever get are from people who want me to buy things, everything from cars to spa treatments to fertilizer (a euphemism for some of the advertisements that I receive). Special deals, they say. Buy one,...
Gotta Love the Grandkids

Gotta Love the Grandkids

Grandchildren are a gift from God, presented to us on a silver platter as a reward for all the hard work of rearing our children. I am sure, the word “rearing” is the correct word, as taught by several English teachers from my past. I recall those “rearing days,” when...
Hayloft

Hayloft

The smell of old moldy hay and old manure packed my nose as I swept out the old hayloft and moved the pile toward the side of the old barn, to the slots in the floor that fed down to the mangers. This dust and debris of 40 years then were pushed over these openings,...
Seeing It All

Seeing It All

We are in the middle of the Storm of the Century, or at least the Storm of the Day, considering that I live in Montana and snow, negative degrees of temperature, no sun, and frozen everything are common. We are at -4 right this minute, colder than a witch’s whatever....