A Pinch of Joy

It is raining — again.  The ground is so wet that big, old trees just fall over because the wet ground won’t hold the roots any longer.  Fields are flooded and farm equipment sets idle.  Friends have had their basement flooded four times already.  Every time they thought the new preventive measures they took would […]

Trying to catch up with all the “little” chores that have been put off for far too long. Like going through all the clothing to make sure it all fits and is in good repair, etc. Took two BIG bags to charity. Makes the closet feel lighter! Sewed for two days straight, taking in tops, […]

It’s been almost four years since we packed our belongings in Ohio in a neighborhood with zillions of old trees.  We moved 1000 miles to the Great Plains to a  new subdivision surrounded by corn fields with a few tiny trees here and there. The newest house, finished last year, is setting the best example and […]

Well — that was really dumb! Somehow the code for the linky last week went AWOL. We had several major issues one right after another last week at Chez Charlene so I wasn’t checking in as usual. My deepest apologies to everyone who didn’t find the links where they should have been. My horoscope on […]

Flood recovery continues.  One of the groups to which I belong will be serving 200 lunches to workers this week — two weeks after the main hotel district was totally flooded. Tourism dropped to almost nothing for the rest of the summer.  Workers lost their jobs and brides lost their venue, homes were damaged, gardens […]