Dan and I are often in California visiting our two sons, their wives and the World’s Most Wonderful Grandbaby. They all live within two miles of each other, on an …
Close encounters of the interesting kind
Airline travel – we all hate it, but with the world’s most fabulous grandbaby living in a faraway state, Dan and I travel by air quite a bit.
After you’re finally …
A creek runs through it
Last Friday while rummaging in the refrigerator, I came across some old luncheon meat. I cut the meat up to give to our cats and headed for the kitchen deck. …
Ducks, geese, goats and dogs
Dan and I recently visited our nephew, John, his wife, Dee, and their sons, Hank and Luke. They live on a 900-acre farm that sustains a beef cattle herd, soybean …
When the Universe shouts
The Universe has had a lot to say to me recently. In fact, it’s been practically shouting. I have decided to pay attention.
Three years ago, a dear friend of mine …
Boats, ropes and me
Sunday Dan and I were on Norris Lake for the first time this year. We took our pontoon boat, our shared WaveRunner and four friends with us. Unless we only …
Great Gatsby, oak apple galls and rainy-day minds
For the last two weeks, my life has included an 1875 house, a desperate grocery store visit, oak tree boles and a party. What is the world coming to?
It all …
School field trips; say a prayer
The second year I taught school, I decided to organize a student field trip. At that time, team teaching was all the rage and teachers were encouraged, when at all …