Blessings of a Cloud
Triple-digit temperatures hit Boise this weekend. This kind of heat is hard on people who work outside, the elderly, and those without air-conditioning. Remember to drink lots of water. I don’t do well in heat. It all started before our kids were born. Hubby and I were hiking in Canyonlands when I started feeling funny. […]
It’s Swimming Season!
First, a disclaimer. I have never had swimming lessons, and I hate for my head/face to go underwater. It gives me claustrophobia. Still, I love to swim. Or maybe I should say, I love to be in the water. I’m a good floater like my grandpa, and I can dog paddle with the best of […]
I’m Back!
I returned from my five-week-long semi-vacation. It’s no secret I’m a homebody so to be gone that long was hard on my insides. Attending the West Texas Writers Academy is always a highlight for me and I loved being there again this year. So many writing friends attended, although this year’s attendance was quite a […]
Plans Gone Awry
Our carefully-orchestrated, surprise-our-daughter-for-her-birthday trip started about 10 days ago. Nothing turned out as planned. Nothing. First of all, our daughter figured out we were coming to see her before we left. Hubby put the date on his Google calendar, not knowing that she had access to it. Oh well, her surprise came a few days […]
When was America’s Age of Prosperity?
I read an article (I’m always reading something) about a new Congresswoman who said she’d missed America’s age of prosperity. She didn’t really say what time frame she was referring to, but when I googled the term, it says it occurred in the 1920s. That means all except the very elderly missed it. Her statement […]
Love to Mothers
It’s Mother’s Day! No, Hubby dear, it’s not a day Hallmark invented to sell more cards, and it’s not a day flower shops promote to sell more flowers (haha, family joke). It’s a reminder of how much we owe to our loving mothers. Some mothers are not loving, kind, or nurturing; they’re excluded from this […]
Seeing the End of DIY
Years ago, Hubby and I urged his dad to quit doing all the projects around their house. He was in his late 70s and was still going on the roof fixing shingles or crawling through the attic to check the wiring. Even though he was an electrician, his physical abilities were waning, and he had […]
Read the Constitution
Hubby read an article recently that said over half of Americans want to dump our Constitution and make a new one. Considering the same article said a high percentage of those Americans think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court, I wondered how many Americans have read the Constitution. I hear on the news and […]