It's Time for What?
It must be spring. Our horseshoes pitching club's season starts Monday! I'm pretty excited! What a broken road of sports participation...
When Is the Next Rainy Day?
One of those truths that I hold dear is, "If there is a horizontal surface in your house that has nothing on it, it won't stay that way...
Hope and the Woodchuck
Groundhog day was on February 2. I try to pay close attention as to whether or not that furry animal, which we called a woodchuck where...
Not Me This Time
It's over. All you really want to do is think about how awful life is now, how it will never be like it used to be, and how there is now...
Coffee of the Soul
Coffee and I have been close friends for years. Sometimes we have perhaps been too close. When I get beyond two quarts in one day, my...
What's Cooking, God?
I love to make the empty-the-refrigerator kind of meal. Whether you call it soup or stew, it's amazing how tasty a combination can be...
Lent Me What?
Well, I missed Mardi Gras again. The name is French for "fat Tuesday," you know. It's the last day before the beginning of the church...
Over-listed
Mondays can be tough. Monday, for me, always starts with a list. What do I need to get done this week? Every week, it's obvious that I...
Tell Me Nothing
A telephone conversation can be very important, even when you have nothing to say. Sure, you've just talked to your dad or sister or...
Old Houses
Once there were children there, playing in a mowed yard. Delicious supper aromas drifted out the kitchen door. White curtains framed...