What the heck happened to 2020? This person right here is of the opinion that it was hijacked by aliens or imps or gremlins or worse. Once upon a time I thought I would write…a blog maybe. It seemed within my skill set, and I had some ideas. I did just that for about a…
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More Than I Bargained For
I’ve been wanting a new laptop for over a year. When I retired from teaching, I reluctantly had to give up my laptop; I had hoped to be able to purchase it, but alas, no, that was not to be. I have a desktop computer at home, but something about the flexibility and ease of…
Welcome to the Roaring 20’s, Version 2.0
January 1, 2020…is anyone NOT feeling the significance of this day and having a nagging urge to resolve something? Every year this date marks the beginning of eating plans, cessation of unseemly and unhealthy habits, and overall hopeful dreams for the next 364 days; most of these are short-lived. And yet, we do it every…
Music to my Ears
I imagine that the year was 1961…September 11, assuredly…most likely 1961. Earlier in the summer my parents had purchased a used upright piano from some friends and decided that I would begin taking piano lessons that fall. I was an eight-year-old third grader, whose only prior musical knowledge was from the bits of family radio…
Apples of Gold
I have a confession to make and a truth to share. Are you ready? This will knock your socks off. Back in March I started a new post. I was about five paragraphs in when my husband (whom I really do love) meandered over to my desk, pulled up a chair, and said, “Mind if…
“Too Soon Old and Too Late Smart”
…a memorable line from an obscure musical, “Plain and Fancy”; a life lesson uttered by an Amish papa to his daughter whose heart belonged to someone other than her betrothed… Friends and adult family are so tactful when addressing my age, but on occasion a young one will make note of the fact that my…
A Texan’s Take on Ohio Winters
As hard as it is for us to believe January 2019 marked our thirty-year anniversary of living in northeast Ohio. I’ve come a long way, physically and meteorologically, from southeast Texas. The winters I recall as a Texas tot were mild to chilly, with temperatures occasionally dropping below the freezing mark and warranting a jacket.…