Years That Answer

I found it. Not just a red dress. I suspect the dress I now own might be the same Talbot red dress that I show Dora wearing in my post . Of ...

After six weeks of bother and bliss, the watercolor class is over.  I learned a lot about watercolor, and a good bit about myself. I was sur...

Like so many of you, I am fighting despair after the Senate acquitted Trump. We knew that was going to happen. Still, it sure has hit me har...

I read a post on Facebook yesterday that gave me pause. It began: "Today Democracy Died!" I was moved by the strong emotion; howev...

Alone in the ER cubicle with my fractured knee sticking up in the air, I settled in to that "place where there's no space or time....

If you are in it for the long haul, you have to pace yourself.  It is important to know when to rest, when to breathe deep, and when to look...

It's hard to keep up with the weeds in my perennial beds. The summers in Central Florida are long, hot and oppressively sunny. It is imp...

I ache from gardening today. I am battling a specific flowering plant propagating via underground suckers AND volunteer seeds. It is called ...

Whimsy alert. Read no further if you aren't up for the indulgent ramblings of an old hippie chick today. I admire strength, but what exa...

OMG! (loud and breathless, like a teenage girl) I had the all-time worst experience making a gingerbread house with my grandson. I received ...

Wow!  There sure are a lot of slimeball sexist pigs out there.  Right?  Everyday it seems like a new one is being called out.  There are so ...

I have noticed a preponderance of snark on social media since the election. Perhaps you have, too? Snark is defined by my computer's dic...

I understand cynicism. Really, I do. I just don't happen to like it.  It seems...cowardly. You know, like when there is a spirited ele...

This is my second Mother’s Day without my Mom.  She had her weaknesses, as we all do; but now I only remember her strength. She was...

In March 2014, we left New York State and started the long drive to Central Florida. Had things gone as planned, it would have been incredib...

In an alternate reality I would have made a good soldier. I have a gift, at least I think it is a gift. I don't react to...

I read ( click here ) about a medical condition called delirium that can result when older people have surgery. It mimics dementia, but is u...