Wisdom for a Rainy Monday or Anyday
On a rainy, dreary Monday morning, I thought I’d share this bit of wisdom I overheard while waiting on […]
With Gratitude & Thanks
Happiness from Small Things (with a note to sourpusses)
Small things make me happy. iStock photo I can get deliriously happy over simple things. I realize that this has […]
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you. There. You try it. Say: thank you. Write: Thank you.It’s not so hard to do, is it? […]
Use what you got!
In the past few weeks, I have found myself tossing empty spice containers into the dishpan for washing (to then […]
I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends*
It has been my great privilege/blessing/luck to have benefited, recently, from assistance from a number of friends. I want to…I […]
Bay State Banner resumes publication
On July 7, I blogged about the Bay State Banner suspending publication after 44 years. I sm happy to report that […]
Bay State Banner suspends publication – A tremendous loss!
It was with great sorrow that I read that the Bay State Banner has suspended publication. In an article buried […]
Gifts do not equal love and other observations about holidays
It is awfully nice to get a card on your birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Easter, etc. […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my children
Happy Mother’s Day, Amber & Cy. Without you, there would be no Mother’s Day for me.You are the biggest accomplishments […]
I Love Craig’s List
Craig’s List has been the bomb-digity for me. I was border-line addicted to it, now I’ve cut back surfing the […]
The Holiday season has now officially ended
The holidays officially ended for me today because I finally took all the Christmas, New Year and Kwanzaa cards down. […]
Be Thankful for What it Ain’t!
Sometimes you can’t be glad for what it is, but you can definitely be glad for what it ain’t. My mother […]
Happy Thanksgiving
The sweet potato pie has been baked. (Yes, it’s sweet potato because that’s what I grew up eating, not pumpkin […]
I was away but now I’m back
I have just returned from a very pleasurable five-day visit to California. (Did you miss me?) We visited my husband’s […]
Bor-ing, Bles-sing
There have been times in my life when nothing much was going on except the routine things of life. Get […]
Every One a Miracle
Every single human being is a miracle of conception and construction (and, for now at least, a miracle of uniqueness). […]
Nobody’s Family is Going to Change
Nobody’s Family is Going to Change is the title of a children’s novel by Louise Fitzhugh. I reviewed it years […]
Frightened and Scired
Flying from Boston to Charlotte by way of JFK Airport in NYC had me frightened and scired (scared). We dipped […]