Three years, one month, and 20 days is the timeline from the shutdown due to COVID to when the illness shut down our home. The...

If you were one of the early morning readers, you might have only seen a sentence of this blog! Unfortunately, I lost the internet and...

I wrote this poem in April of 2020; it was one of the first sunny days of spring. Today was one of those days as well, so I thought it...

"Sometimes I think and wonder, 'Will our world ever be back to normal?' But the fact is, it wasn't normal it was what we were used to,...

You may have noticed that I got a haircut! With that change, thanks to DouglasArtStudio, I have a brand new header as well! The other...

Start writing your post here. Above is what I see every time I begin to write my blog. (Sidebar: When I typed out the previous sentence,...

An extraordinary and supportive friend whom I respect and admire shares various recommendations on his Twitter account. He always...

Traffic circles, roundabouts, and rotaries are popping up all over the world, no matter what you call them. This might be a good time to...

A man posed this question to me the other day ... "How do squirrels die? Besides roadkill. Why is it you never see a squirrel carcass,...

Many people get excited about the new year and make plans to change, improve, overhaul, complete all kinds of goals and aspirations. And...

Being kind never goes out of style. Kindness is not just being polite or nice. Kindness means giving help or assistance to another...

Here we are, another year is almost done, and a new year is about to begin. Somehow every one of us here has made it through, some with...

We would visit family members' and friends' homes when I was little, probably in the single digits. Often if it were a new build or our...

Photo by Armin Hanisch Sacrifice. The word is used in baseball as something done to advance a base runner. In chess, it is when you...

Wash, rinse, repeat. Has your life become a perpetual motion of repetitiveness? Have you decided to succumb to the mundane? mun·dane...

Typically typing takes tiny titillating taps from free-flowing fingers, finding keys clicking quickly. Once weary, the whiny writer...

{Due to the very important nature of this topic Declan and Ellie story has been preempted. Their story will return the first Monday in...

When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone? Or received a written letter? Or sent or received a postcard? If you follow this...

It would seem the summer is over! OVER? Well in Western New York (where I am from) the beginning of Erie County Fair has traditionally...

Sometimes adventures just happen! My husband and I are currently looking for our next "new" used vehicle. This hunt has taken us to...