Good Morning to everyone who has emailed me over the past couple of weeks…. and apparently sent out an online search party to find me.  Thank you so much for noticing that I had gone missing. Of course, I owe an explanation to all, not because any of you expect it but because I so appreciate [...] Read Full Story

Today is the 20th — just three months away from International Overalls Day.  It’s no secret that I love my bibs.  I have a pair for almost every occasion.  Most of my favorites are beyond salvation.  I wear them when I garden.  I wear them when I paint.  I wear them when I cut steel.  [...] Read Full Story

School has started so the kids don’t usually hang around until the late afternoon.  Perhaps, I need to explain a little.  Most of the regular readers know that the neighborhood kids have, more or less, taken over the log cabin.  Of course, that’s fine since they are learning to be good citizens and spend much [...] Read Full Story

Sometimes we all need a laugh.  Whether you speak French (the audio is in French) or not, this is a cute little video of jungle animals and too much fermented jungle fruit.  A friend who is from France — now lives in America, emailed this to me.  I laughed and laughed.  My husband, who speaks no [...] Read Full Story

Okay!  I will admit it.  I can be a meddlesome old lady.  Yesterday was one of my better days as such.  And, to be really honest, I did not go it alone.  I created a conspiracy to help me.  So, here’s the story. Yesterday, I told you about Marcus.  So, let me just say that this [...] Read Full Story

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  And, that brings me to a point I want — and need — to make. Yesterday afternoon I was walking through the front yard with one of the neighborhood children.  He’s the cutest little boy you would ever want to see.  According to him, he does [...] Read Full Story

Okay, so what I thought was going to be a very quiet week turned out to be anything but.  Anyway, it has been a week to remember and a week of memories — and a week of joy. To recap, Beatrice went missing — “once I was lost, but now I’m found…”   She had a few [...] Read Full Story

I am really thankful for being at Woodstock 40 years ago.  It’s hard to believe that it was so long ago.  I was twenty.  I can barely remember being twenty — probably for more reasons than age — at least during the three days of Woodstock.  My mother was furious that I had decided to get [...] Read Full Story

I do hope this little piece will be answered at least in part by Laury in France or Niels in Denmark.  My question is simply, “What happened to the August holidays?”  Of course, I do realize that I am in the United States this August, as I have been for too many recent past Augusts.  [...] Read Full Story

Well, last weekend I was so thankful for the weekend.  I thought I was going to have some quiet time — not that I can remember what that is right now.  Anyway, the first half of this week has been anything but quiet.  In fact, I actually went for a ride — wasting that precious [...] Read Full Story