The New York Times recently ran an article called Teenage Bedroom as Battleground. The piece was about…
No posts lately — I have been traveling a lot and been overall distracted. One of my trips the past couple of weeks has been to sit with my father in hospice, pack up his belongings and clean out his apartment and then plan and attend his funeral.
The day 30 pic of my #100happydays is a picture of me with my dear friend Kelly. We have a little inside joke with her name — but it goes back like 25 years or even longer, which is when I first met her.
I’ve been told that I am like an onion — peel back a layer and there is something totally different. I’m NOT schizophrenic — just…
We are finally getting settled in our new house. And with warm weather, it is time to set up the gardening here.
Yup, that’s right — it is a whole lot of nothing. But that is the beauty of the…
It’s a rainy afternoon and I don’t have any work today, so I’m just spending the afternoon all comfy on the couch studying some neglected text, UNTIL someone comes to the door and I have to get up. I tend to whatever and come back to re-settle in and this is what I’m facing:
I just spent the day at the most gorgeous place about an hour west of Charlotte — River Taw Farms is a 1,500+ acre farm where they raise grassfed cattle. The beef is all natural raised with no antibiotics and no pesticides on the land. The farm uses rotational grazing techniques which are regimented…
My pic for day 7 of things that make me happy is my husband, affectionately known as the spousal unit.
My day 52 pic of #100happydays is a picture of the foo dogs guarding our back door. They make me happy because they look so big and goofy, but there is a funny story behind them.
I was in St. Louis for one of my visits this summer and had the opportunity to go by my friend…
Just got two really cool looking windowsill planters to plant some herbs in the apartment. Our windows are full, floor-to-ceiling numbers and we face west. The herbs should do great with that sun. The planters are a matte silver color, very sleek and fit perfectly side by side in the…
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