Normally I don’t write about National weeks or months, just days. But I just learned that November is National Model Railroad Month! This is a big deal to me because my dad collects, operates, and occasionally repairs and sells Lionel toy trains. He got a train set for Christmas as a child and has been hooked ever since. I used… Read more »
Today isn’t a joke holiday- sorry if that is what you are looking for. Today is American Legion Day. My father is the commander of a small Legion post. He’s been a member of this post since before I was born. I have many childhood memories of his marching in the Memorial Day parade. Come rain or shine he was… Read more »
If you didn’t notice it, please go back and look at the photo for this post. You’re back? Good. As long as you didn’t cheat, you saw a photo of a well-worn handmade quilt. I love that quilt. I use it when i watch TV. My grandma made that quilt for me. I can’t remember exactly when I got it,… Read more »
There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop’s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it’s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested in my random thoughts. So… Read more »
I was recently chatting with a someone who has reunited with a former partner and is in the process of moving in together with him. As happy as she is that the relationship is back on track again, she commented that she’s gotten used to living independently for the past few years and is concerned about how it will feel… Read more »
So, how are you doing? There is a so much crap going on in the world and in the US that it’s hard to stay positive. Hell, it’s hard to be anything other than completely hopeless. But there are good things in the world. We just have to look for them and appreciate them. Oreo does that. He is happiest… Read more »
I celebrate this every day- it’s No Diet Day! This day was founded to combat the diet culture of the 90s that is raising its ugly head again now. Of course we need to take care of ourselves, but like in everyone else in life, moderation is the key when it comes to food. So go have a few… Read more »
There are millions of jokes about women turning into their mothers. I assume these jokes are almost as old as motherhood itself. I am not worried about turning into my mother at all. I don’t look anything like her or anyone on her side of the family. I am not a mother of humans (just cats). We have wildly difference… Read more »