I've seen about all the pictures of perfect turkeys and displays of food that I need for a while, so I thought I'd get past the tumm...

I heard on the news that it looks like practical purchases will top shoppers lists this Christmas season. No reason not to take that one st...

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed when reality comes crashing into our images of the perfect event we'd like to plan. Sometimes we don...

I saw one of these someplace but don't remember where. At any rate, I don't want to take credit for coming up with it, only for pas...

OK, so I complained about the heat and finally got some cool weather. Even bought some mums and made an effort to bring a little Autumn col...

What a treat it was to wake up this morning with a little chill in the air. It looks like Fall finally fell. That got me thinking about al...

OK, so I've neglected the blog for a little while but it's only because I've been so busy doing so many things that I will be te...

Well, the staggering, oppressive heat, breathlessly stagnant air and endless weeks without rain no sooner got the best of me than I found my...

subtitled: Will Autumn Ever Get Here? Some days I can run myself ragged without moving from my desk. This is one of those days. It seems I...

Sometimes I think my husband is the most clever person I know. It seems we've had a tailgate grill forever - you know, the "fold-...

None of us want to trade our comfortable lifestyles for that of a half century ago but we are able …and knowing our abilities can be a sourc...

Without Breaking the Bank One of the worst things about being in distress, financial or otherwise, is that we reach a point where we feel li...

Well, this has been a summer of good intentions gone to pot. Never did buy my bushel of peaches. The second crop of cucumbers and 50% of t...

I'm right on the cusp of being a baby boomer, born two years too early, but I was none-the-less a war baby. Having been in advertising ...

and other lost items. Every once in a while, it seems that my life spirals totally out of control. The past two weeks or so have been in ju...

I'm so old.............. that I remember when the school supply list was only 5 items long and parents actually enjoyed the annual back-...

My daughter sent me a link to this adorable child's chair made of thrift store picture frames and a few lengths of 1"x 2". I ...

Sometimes I just need to forget about the weather, finances and my incredibly long 'to do' list and chill. When painting, reading a...