Dear Friends, Here’s a new term for the new year: F.Y.A. Please read on, and share this. I thank you in advance. You are the (author) Hero of your own story. What will you do to write a Happily Ever After or Mission Complete ending? Is there something you know that you know is missing … Read More →
As if I really need ANOTHER reason to have the foam tickle the lip hairs, a research conducted by the Harvard Medical School found that a woman can cut her risk of painful arthritis by drinking two to four beers a week. By a whopping 31% compared to women who do not drink beer. And … Read More →
Is mental and physical clutter killing your morning productivity? For me as soon as I ‘evolve’ (to the smell of coffee, thanks honey) my brain swirls with all of the creative things I need/want to accomplish that day. Today a mental checklist starts with the last memories from last night. Two blogs posts require research. … Read More →
Essay/Humor – I’m signing a petition to allow adult children who travel with elderly parents to check them as overweight baggage. For a fee, of course.—- I’m 99% sure the whole business of airline security is a cat and mouse game. After the airlines added bag check fees we got creative at challenging metal detectors … Read More →
ESSAY/HUMOR – Sometimes an Angel appears in the strangest places to help you in times of trouble. And sometimes she takes you shopping for sexy underwear — I have zero fashion sense, and a good excuse. A writer’s life permits wearing yesterday’s clothes today and possibly tomorrow. I’d be completely at ease in a remote … Read More →
HUMOR ESSAY – Despite all efforts to adopt a healthier lifestyle, my failed lab scores makes me wonder if chocolate covered kale isn’t the answer. — My annual physical was today. I primped, shaved, and shined myself all pretty as if Clooney might ask me to spend the weekend at Lake Como. The ladies know … Read More →
HUMOR ESSAY – It’s funny “half” the things you miss about the people you love after they die — I pulled a bag of blueberries from the freezer to make some muffins. Due to favorable growing conditions and some savvy harvesting, from time to time I can relive a bit of the past season, until … Read More →
HUMOR on Aging Parents – If this is my fate, it is doubtful I will ever retire! — I visited my 80 year old father who winters in a lovely Florida retirement village I respectfully call, “Shoot Me Now”. Dad calls it a 1940s flashback camp, where men are free to be men and women … Read More →
INSPIRATION — Finding our purpose in life or fulfilling a dream is often a lifelong journey. Sadly, often it dies untapped. But many of us know that itchy place, and we’re this close, if only we could reach out and give it a good scratch. Better hurry. Do you have a burning itch that needs to be … Read More →
HUMOR — Gardening in a woodland location is complicated by deer who love to chomp on tender flower and vegetable gardens. In search of organic and humane population control methods, the best defense is exposed. Today my quest is for a natural pest control method to deter deer from devouring my gardens, preferably without sophisticated … Read More →
