Yes, that photo is us. No, it’s not. I am totally kidding. Ages ago in the late 1970s the hubs and I decided to step up our dancing abilities and so we headed over to Big Daddy’s Lounge in Marina Del Rey, California. They had classes for people just like…

Thank you to Carole Olsen for this challenge today. (I also appreciated reading estow76 (Esther) article on the same topic today). This was not an easy challenge. The list seems endless in my head and I wanted to give honor where it’s due. so here we go: I am grateful…

I am writing this because I happened on the Will Pennington “About Me” article today. It basically blew me away with who he is and all he’s accomplished. And I wondered if I could also attempt to write one like his. So here we go…buckle up: I was born in…

I had the pleasure to read the following writers this week: This first one falls under the category of one of the first writers that I followed here on medium early on. The ones I usually feature here in my “Favorites this week” stories are written by new writers that I’ve found. But this man's writing wasn’t someone new to me…

Today I was reading someone “new to me” here on medium. This writer made some really great points about the differences between Joy versus Happiness, and I decided to look at the comments of the other readers that had read her post. This is the story by Katharine Trauger What in the World Is Happiness? Hmm? It rises and falls and pays no attention to usmedium.com Wow. Suddenly…

Dog fun Today we went to lunch at one of our all-time favorite hangouts for lunch. When some of the girls that work there saw us outside, they decided to come out to see Casey. There is a nice table to sit at outside in the shade and we used…

Today mommy and I walked earlier because daddy was still asleep. I saw the low and lush green bushes and I plunged into them deep. Mommy said “Hey, wait a minute! There’s something here that’s changed!” She scoped out the entire area and said: “well, I’ll be DANGED!” I wrote…

My first choice of favorite articles that spoke to me this week is about the REAL meaning of Success. A Great read from: Tanvi Swami — Are you pursuing your real meaning of success? Ever since childhood, we have been taught different meanings of success.medium.com Another writer I enjoy wrote a sweet one about her 80th birthday… check it out. From Joyce Nielsen Oh Glorious Day — My Eightieth Birthday Snuck Up On Me! DEP prompt 49 of 52: “a memorable celebration in your life”medium.com

Recipes/Food Our neighbor brought over a huge bag of homegrown figs the other day. We gave some to our other neighbor and then we ate some ourselves. Hubs made a really excellent meal with chicken and figs and yet we STILL seem to have more figs!!! So, I said OUT…