A Pinch of Joy

It’s been cooler this week — not fall cool, but not over 100 degrees either.  I like this time of year.  It doesn’t have the urgency of spring with the “gotta get this done before it gets hot” vibe.  Everything has fallen into an easy rhythm.  It’s still light enough to walk along the brook […]

Featured from last week:  Press Print Party – Free Emoji Lunch Cards   Handmade in Israel – Tribute to Fifty Years Together  Life Tales Books – Free Time and Memory Keeping    Miz Helen’s Country Cottage – Southern Sweet Corn Pudding   Hunny I’m Home – Adorable Chocolate Chip Dog Themed Cookies  Jaipur Gardening – The Monsoon Effect  […]

Went to the kitchen at noon to prepare lunch.  Looked out the big window and noticed no movement.  No birds, no squirrel.  Silence.  Hmm?   About 15 minutes later, I was ready to walk back to the office and noticed all the incoming traffic near the bird feeder.  Birds were swarming all over  – hanging on […]

Hot, humid days and severe storms at night. Afternoon breaks are spent standing at the dining room window, in air conditioning, watching dozens of birds at the feeder or on the water fountain.  Recently a red squirrel began wandering through the yard mid-afternoon, scooping up corn birds throw to the ground. Today I saw a […]

I did something this week that I haven’t done since college.  I slept for twenty-four hours straight!  Got up for six hours.  And went back to bed for another eighteen!  I do feel better, I must say.  And no wait for exams or papers to be graded!!  May your week include some refreshing self care.  […]

The family reunion en masse visited  an ice cream shop Saturday night.   I ended up in a booth with cousin who  related a hilarious story of how she passed English in high school.   Her teacher promised a C to anyone who entered and won a contest on Why My State Should ____.   She already knew […]