July 06 2012
I got a Signals catalog this week. I don’t know about you, but I love reading all the slogans on the catalog T-shirts. Here are my two current favorites: The Hokey Pokey Clinic a place to turn your life around Leave poetry to the Prose What’s your favorite slogan?
July 04 2012
Independence Day has taken on a new meaning for Gary and me this year because two days ago we closed on our house that had been for sale for two years. This was the house of our dreams that we had built in 1978 after spending hours driving around eastern Monroe County and western Wayne County […]
July 03 2012
I haven’t blogged in a while because my website was being refurbished. I hope you like the new look. So what have I been doing in the past few months? I’ve been getting ready to close one chapter of my life and open a new one. I’ve been doing the final clean out of the […]
May 17 2012
This is a picture of my most treasured garden flowers. No, they’re not the prettiest flower in my garden, although usually there are more blossoms than this. But they’re definitely the most treasured, because they came from my mother’s yard. And they didn’t come directly from my mother’s yard; they came to my garden by way […]
May 14 2012
So what if the lilacs aren’t so good this year? Bring your own purple, and go to Highland Park anyway. The crafts, music and food are all as good as usual, and the azaleas, the rhododendrons, and the pansy bed are all outstanding this year. Maybe it’s time that some of the bit players in […]
May 14 2012
My daughters are in their 30’s now, but when I heard a child call out “Mom” today in Wegmans, I automatically turned to look. Does motherhood ever end? I don’t think so. My mother’s been gone 15 years now, but I still hear her voice saying “Keep on the straight and narrow.” I still feel […]
May 10 2012
I think we all get annoyed by the number of signs littering our landscape. Signs seems to be a necessary evil in today’s society, and sometimes they are actually helpful when we’re trying to find a location. The problem is that many signs outlive their usefulness. People seem to love putting up signs but not taking […]
May 07 2012
A week ago I was accumulating feel good moments. This week I seem to be accumulating pet peeves. When I’m out walking, my pet peeve is bicyclists who come up behind me without announcing their presence. Sometimes I can hear them coming; sometimes I can’t. I try to keep to the right, but that’s not […]
May 02 2012
Spring is the season of hope, so I’m taking a leap today and entering a writing contest. If you have an up-market manuscript secretly stashed under your bed like I do, check out the “Dear Lucky Agent” contest rules at www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog. This is Chuck Sambuchino’s blog on the Writers Digest website. If you don’t have a […]
April 27 2012
Today’s Feel Good Moment was similar to yesterday’s, but instead of driving my car, I was piloting a grocery cart. When I was done with my shopping and ready to check-out, I came barreling down the cereal aisle, and there directly in front of me was a check-out with no one in line. I thought […]