When I was 69

While we watched on TV (when the elec was still on) with our mouths hanging open, the damage this Category 4 hurricane made in the Florida p...

 While the real world has been full of the party politics choosing a Supreme Court Justice, I retreated into fiction some of the time...a ...

I love the cool of morning, because it's going to be in the 80s again this afternoon.  I've decided if it's still summer, I'...

I love Jesica's dahlias...which she grows in her garden...about 60-70 plants, all in boom right now. She's also the administrato...

As I cooked and chopped the heads off, and ripped the legs and shells off, and pulled tails off and gouged out the veins along the backs of ...

A lot of women I know have been having these conversations lately. When we listened to the Kavanaugh hearings on Thursday, we shook our he...

Some old photos of my family and myself, while in schools.  Great Aunt Margaret Miller taught high school Math in San Antonio Texas. She...

The lavender plant came inside a few weeks ago, and it seems it's rained almost daily since.  Today rain is forecast, but this mornin...

Suddenly it's autumn. Yesterday may not have been sunny all the time as we drove from one place to another in the wonderful mountains, ...

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS STYE JUST LIST WHAT I'M THINKING DOING EATING TOAST WITH BUTTER AND JELLY DRINKING COFFEE WITH SUGAR LIFE I...

Happy Equinox everyone! Saturday, September 22, 9:54  P.M.   EDT That's what the old farmer's almanac says is the beginning of wi...

 As automobiles became part of family life, families' Sunday afternoon drives and picnics by the road became popular.  I wonder if peo...

One of my favorite stained glass windows.  But I forgot where it is, and who made it.  If you know, please comment! Cool nights mean I...

Where have I been? Well, I posted about waiting for a hurricane (Florence) and that she was bad to some of my neighbors near the coast...and...

A big thanks to Open Culture for giving us this article about Jocelyn Bell Burnell... Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovered Radio Pulsars in 19...

I remember hours of fun (summertime probably) as a teen paying croquet.  It was more fun when friends came over and I was among equals in sk...

What do you stand up for? I started thinking about this today. A friend stood up for herself against a bully.  She stood up for justice....

 You will never believe the wonderful gift Martha gave me for my birthday...no not Diamond, her new dog.  We dropped our cars off and w...

Happy September first. A mark that leads us toward autumn. I'm stuck inside on beautiful days.  This damn pneumonia takes all my e...

 Meet Sabrina, the 3-legged wonder cat! She has trained her owner, (minion number one) to adore her as of course she deserves. ...