Trapped Fat, Covid Curse, or Ancestral Gift?

Trapped Fat, Covid Curse, or Ancestral Gift?

I got on the scale this morning, first time in a while, and OMG, it is time to do something drastic. I weigh more today than when I was pregnant, which was a long time ago because my youngest is nearly a half century. I have about three sizes worth of clothes in my...
Semper Fi

Semper Fi

Today is the Marine Corps 245th birthday, and our family is proud to have been a part of this force for over fifty years. People who know me personally know that we are a Marine family. My husband (looking very spiffy in his dress blues for eternity), myself, our son...
Becoming a Minimalist

Becoming a Minimalist

The inside of my house looks tired and needs some sprucing up, so I decided to have it painted. My potential painter informed me that I should move the treasures that I have collected through the years and it suddenly hit me that I should become a minimalist, a term I...
Cement Trucks

Cement Trucks

Last spring, a truck loaded with something heavy, like cement or machinery, backed up and cracked a square of sidewalk near my house. It didn’t really crack it, more like shattered, lots of little pieces of concrete dancing around, threatening to cut my dog’s foot or...
The Search for HCLBs

The Search for HCLBs

Last year I invested in a bird feeder for my backyard, hoping to feed hungry, cute, little birds (AKA HCLBs). Many of my neighbors have bird feeders and talk about how fun it is to watch their HCLBs eat, and I thought it might be something my grandchildren would enjoy...