Bugs. Spiders. Yuck!
Hubby and I watched two PBS programs about insects. While bugs are definitely not my thing, it was fascinating to learn that dragonflies lived underwater for 4-5 years before emerging as the flying insects we know and maybe some of you love. They only live a week or two above water, mating, laying their eggs, […]
My Mom
Today is Mother’s Day and like all of you, I appreciate my mom. Her whole life, she’s been the quiet one that works hard in the background. Her main chore was providing food for her family and whoever else walked through her door. She always had a big garden and spent many hours out there […]
Mid-April Celebrations and Tears
Mid-April brings smiles and happy thoughts but also tears. I’m always glad when May comes around and brings happier thoughts with it. My siblings and I threw my mom a surprise party for her 92nd birthday. It was low key and involved fried chicken and sides from the local grocery story and a cake with […]
A Trip Back
Hubby and I traveled to College Station and Texas A&M to see Daughter and SIL last weekend. She had a short break in her very busy schedule and wanted us to come share it with her. The weather was beautiful, and the bluebonnets were blooming in the area. Something is always going on campus. This […]
Returning from the Sea
During a workshop I took last summer, the presenter talked about holding a writing conference aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The idea sucked me right in, and I signed up. I invited my daughter to go, but it didn’t work with her schedule. My sister jumped at the chance when I asked her. Last […]
Time with Mom and Dad
I spent part of last week with my parents. They’re aging very quickly, but don’t tell them they’re old because they don’t like it. Never mind that by the end of June, they’ll both be in their 90s. They seem more feeble with each visit, especially my dad, but don’t tell him I said that. […]
Foggy Days
For Christmas, I gave my daughter a certificate good for three days at an AirBnB as a writing retreat. She cashed in on that gift this past week. I told her she could go alone, go with her hubby, go with her dad, or go with me. She picked me to go with her, along […]
Meal Schedules
One of the hardest things of adult life is deciding what to cook for meals. When I was younger, I had a whole bunch to things to cook for the family. Even though we had the same four or five meals fairly often, it was always interspersed with other things. Our menu was varied. Some […]