What If?

What If?

What if is a game I like to play when my brain is so tired that I can’t possibly think of one more word to write and my legs reject taking one more step to reach my 10,000 step goal. The TV is turned off and the knitting needles are clacking and somehow it makes me...
Why Thanksgiving Reigns

Why Thanksgiving Reigns

My love of Thanksgiving came early in my life. We read stories in school and dressed up like pilgrims and Native Americans, made finger-turkeys and read about the Mayflower and the traumas of crossing the Atlantic during the long winter voyage and marveled at the...
What’s on Television?

What’s on Television?

I’ve become incredibly discouraged with television. Not so many moons ago, I could flip on the TV and find something wildly entertaining, or at least fun, interesting, or educational on one of our four channels: a mystery (think CSI) or a comedy (think All in the...
Talking  to Grandma

Talking to Grandma

I was having trouble thinking of a blog subject this morning…you know a sort of writer’s block or, more appropriately, a blogger’s block, trying to think of something interesting, funny, engaging, and appropriate. My eyes focused on an old photo of my grandmother,...
Siri’s Serious Spelling Snafus

Siri’s Serious Spelling Snafus

I learned to spell in elementary school and continued my learning through the rigorous spelling tests that carried over into my high school days. My third-grade teacher, Mrs. Nichols in Emmett’s Wardwell School, promised to buy a nickel ice cream cone for the whole...