Dear Friends, I know it’s not new, but what do you think of the Ugly Sweater craze this year? Love it? Don’t love it? Been on a Sweater Party Pub Crawl? Ugly Sweater 5K or other sweater-related event? I confess, years ago I had one. It was a very nice wool sweater with a bedazzled … Read More →
# BFAT started as a funny note between friends and became a positive declaration on how to live each day. If you read this hashtag as BEE FAT or BE FAT you’d probably think I’m a motivational bee teacher or a proponent of all you care to eat buffets. Both actually are untrue…I don’t eat at … Read More →
Get planting to reap what you sow. Welcome Spring. Rebirth and renewal, right? It’s time to remove the heavy coverings of winter and face the change of season. So exciting! We get to turn over the earth from its hibernation, add some nutrients and plant new seeds. I find digging in the earth to be … Read More →
ESSAY/HUMOR – Sometimes an Angel appears in the strangest places to help you in times of trouble. And sometimes she takes you shopping for sexy underwear — I have zero fashion sense, and a good excuse. A writer’s life permits wearing yesterday’s clothes today and possibly tomorrow. I’d be completely at ease in a remote … Read More →
HUMOR ESSAY – Despite all efforts to adopt a healthier lifestyle, my failed lab scores makes me wonder if chocolate covered kale isn’t the answer. — My annual physical was today. I primped, shaved, and shined myself all pretty as if Clooney might ask me to spend the weekend at Lake Como. The ladies know … Read More →
HUMOR — Gardening in a woodland location is complicated by deer who love to chomp on tender flower and vegetable gardens. In search of organic and humane population control methods, the best defense is exposed. Today my quest is for a natural pest control method to deter deer from devouring my gardens, preferably without sophisticated … Read More →
HUMOR – Can you be over fifty years old and wear a bikini? You bet your low-rise bottom from Victoria’s Secret you can. Ah, but should you? Let’s be honest. I’m envious of those catalog models in bikinis, all air-brushed and spray tanned mocha. But the day I magically grow seven more inches, lose 30 … Read More →