A Woman of Her Words

To the Gods and Goddesses of Tires and Trees I read once that the Druids believed that nature spirits dwelled in their trees. In my life...

Happy Father’s Day! When I was a little girl I thought my parents were movie stars. Truly I did—my dad was a tall, strapping country boy...

"Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart." Anthony J. D'Angelo Love at a Standstill I had had a shower, smelled of...

D-Day Today, June 6, 2019, is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Seventy-five years ago our troops hit the beaches—five beach areas to be...

Four Reunions . . . and a Funeral? I have just endured a gauntlet that was like living in a whirlwind. From April 25 – June 1 I attended...

“Monsters will always exist. There’s one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than...

Memorial Day Wikipedia states: “Memorial Day (or less commonly called Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for...

I Found My Laugh Again – Thank You, Mr. Napkin Head! Can you say “shingles”? - - well, I can. That’s where I’ve been for a while,...

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. Jonathan Swift What We Can Ill Afford I’ve seen it written many...

Spring Cleaning – That Cleansing Ritual I used to love spring cleaning—when I was four or five, this is. Every spring my mother, a...

"The soul would have no rainbow Had the eyes no tears." John Vance Cheney Ain’t These Tears in My Eyes Telling You?* Well, it’s...

“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” Henry David Thoreau Pencil Me In! I wrote this long ago . . . I can still remember...

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; . . . Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3 Rituals--Robert...

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." Samuel Johnson Churchill Was Right . . . . . .about many, many things. ...

Get Yourself a “Go-To” Guy All my life I remember being surrounded by “guys.” You know--men who could do anything, build anything, fix...

Two Peas in a Pod -- Dress-Up Is Still Fun! In one of my recent entries I mentioned the “adventures” in my life. I guess it’s time I...

Lipstick on the Pig - - or Where Holidays Collide You could really blame it all on Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and all the people who...

Hiatus and Redux Hello out there in the great ether of the internet—I have returned. I guess you could call what I took a hiatus – or a...

The Handwriting on the Wall It was time for it to go. It had been there for one year and five months. It had become like a lucky...

When is “Enough” Enough? I am an innately curious person. I have always been one to ask “Why?” At the age of 5 or 6 I turned my...