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We ancients have been analyzing the year 2025. I’m going to think some more before I post much. I will tell you however about this last few days of Christmas week. Of course, being with our [...]

Anyone who knows me knows I’d rather take a beatin’ than get out in the cold. Also, I am not a sports fan. Never have been, never will be. Which probably stems from my traumatic [...]

Two weeks out from surgery. All is well as can be expected. But I have to tell a neat story. We have friends in Illinois we have visited with rarely since retirement. The lady, Pam, taught in the [...]

If you can’t tell what this is a picture of, you probably aren’t a country girl. It’s a shovel – a very old one that should have been repaired yesterday – or last [...]

I tell you what! Like my brother, Steve, told his congregation recently, ‘I’m getting tired of everyone dying! So just stop it!” Of course, he was teasing, but I have to agree. [...]

The image above is a little set of angels that was my grandmother’s. MeMaw had all sorts of knick-knacks, and I got this one. Year after year, I have glued various parts back onto the [...]

This is by a very dear friend, Terri Griswold Dodgson, who is a professional counselor. As I stood between the graves of my two brothers, Alan and Mike, the collision of emotions I experienced [...]

My driving misadventures are legendary, in my mind anyway. Today’s excursion adds another cautionary tale. I say I can’t find my way out of a paper bag. I’m not sure [...]

Through the years I have envied Queen Elizabeth’s wonderful hats. Some were not my style, but ding dang! I would love one of those big brimmed hats in some outrageous color with a big [...]

Ah, Christmas through the eyes of a child! So wondrous! Mom lives in an assisted living home. Throughout the year, different groups bring little ones there to lift the old ones’ spirits. [...]