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"Why do you put your bread in the microwave?" my grandchildren ask, looking for signs of dementia. "Because I don't have ...

If your husband is like mine, he has trouble remembering what day it is. Usually, all he has to do is take a look at his pill box but if he...

  I never paid much attention to “fire season” except to whatever was in the news. But it turns out there are far more fires than I ever hea...

We went boating for four hours and the dog was fine. She neither puked (as she had earlier after eating something she shouldn't have out...

I don't want to be aware. I wish it didn't exist and I wish I never had it. Sarcomas account for 1% of cancers in adults. I had it l...

We were gone for a few days to Big Bear Lake, home of the famous eaglets, Sunny and Gizmo. When we got home, our own "eaglet" (an ...

A baby hummingbird, that is.  I've been posting about our non-eaglets, not in Big Bear: A hummingbird had build her nest on our patio in...

The premier source of inspiration for procrastination, and the ultimate waste of time, faces a nearly eminent shutdown. The Chief Inactivist...

 . . . is never the start of a great story. Case in point: Hubby said to me the other day, "Here, hold my salad!" We both bust a g...

I was with a group of women when this questions was asked by way of an icebreaker. The idea was introduce yourself and tell a little somethi...

My 12 year old granddaughter told me she wants to live with me so I asked her, “Why?”  She said, “Because Dad is so annoying.” "Annoyin...

This is what it looks like on a clear, sunny day. There is a smaller turtle on the turtle's back, an elephant on its head, and a little ...

 ... this is an update on the hummingbird nest. The nest itself has been fortified. It looks more like nest and less than a tiny beehive. Th...

 

  It's very difficult to see in these photos - I really need a telephoto lens to get a better image - but, the gist of it is the nest (l...

 Something even more rare. . . .  Do you see it? This is a picture of our back patio looking out to our back yard. See it yet?   Here's ...

In my last episode , I told you that I may have reconciled with 'Bucks but I didn't get the bonus stars as I had expected.  After I ...

After I had my latte Hubby asked me, "How was it?" I had to think about it. Which is to say, not memorable.

It’s been so long since I’ve been to a Starbucks that I forgot how to order! I’ve been boycotting Starbucks ever since they started to thro...