A Pinch of Joy

Severe heat advisory for the next week and more!  We’ve moved indoors — just like we do in winter except it’s cold drinks in our hands instead of fluffy blankies clutched to our chests. I’m pondering the wisdom of living somewhere where it is blazing hot for weeks in a row and then frigid snow […]

Sometimes a blog post is so descriptive of life as I know it, but with a breathtaking understanding of the topic that it brings insights I have missed.  Sometimes a topic is approached in a way that makes total sense but because of differing circumstances would not work at my house, then I realize recognizing […]

I’ve been making the most of my daily hour in the garden plan.  Mulching, filling planters, dividing hosta, planting, laying stepping stones.  Yes, it’s later than usual but the weather has been most cooperative and cool.  So satisfying to make changes to the landscape that we will enjoy all summer and beyond.  Hope it stays […]

It was a three crises week.  Crises (I looked it up — more than one crisis!) defined by me as anything that takes more than three dedicated hours to resolve and threatens more damage if left unresolved.  For one, my computer “updated”  by itself.  That means back to the bare basics (always for “improved” security […]

Got to go shopping with my sister Kay yesterday. She is headed to Pensacola for a wedding and needed a little jacket of some sort to go with her dress so came to our neck of the woods to search. We set a record: four stores (not in a mall!) in less than 90 minutes! […]

A delightful unexpected short, short visit from Nate the Great and his people today as they passed through our city!  He’s excited about summertime and his plans for science and kid college and other good things.  He’s decided that playing drums hurts your hands but trumpet might be fun or maybe saxophone.  Only eight more […]