Now how did that even happen? Isn’t it funny how, as you get older, you turn around one day and all of a sudden you are REALLY old? I’ll never understand how time goes by so slowly when you’re a kid, and then poof, the years begin to fly by when you become an adult….
Easiest Cookies Ever for the Holidays — or Anytime!
I went to an old-fashioned “cookie swap” over the weekend, something I haven’t done in years. My sweet neighbor Martha organized it as a way for us to get to know some of the newer people who’ve recently moved into our community. But Martha knows how to host a cookie exchange — there was wine…
There Will Be Beauty Ahead
I’m feeling incredibly lucky to have survived Hurricane Irma’s wrath with everything intact and no loss of electricity. Lots of rain but no flooding where I live, and some mighty winds that were downright scary, but all that remains are lots of tree branches and leaves — and that’s easy to clean up. My heart…
Memories of More than 80 Years
I spent this past weekend tackling the achingly arduous task of cleaning out my parent’s house of the last 40 years. Two years ago my mom and dad both died within months of each other and my sister and I have put off this chore, mostly because of being busy with work, families and life…