I was ironing. No, it’s not a huge deal. I actually like to iron. I find it to be very relaxing, especially if I am not doing it to pack and travel. It is a rote sort of activity. I iron in the kitchen. No TV, no radio. Just the task at hand. I can…
Category: Musing
Present Time
In the south autumn is in November, maybe even mid November. Not so in the northeast. On the way up to Falling Leaves Retreat in Silver Bay, NY, we saw the world in various stages of preparation for the long winter nap. We traveled on Hwy 81, that runs up the western side of the…
Everything Takes Forever!
It was a check. It was a bit more than what I normally deposit in checks but still. We’ve been dealing with this credit union for the ENTIRE time we have lived in the south–18 years. And yet! Yet! To deposit a check that was more than three figures before the dot I had to…
Now there are two….
Now there are two baby grands. Emmeline born in September, and Mia born in December. Almost, well, exactly three months apart. It was amazing to see them side by side. It was remarkable that my baby daughters had baby daughters. I gave the expected Grandmommy prayer: Lord, let my girls have children exactly like themselves!…
White Collar
Okay, this is a gripe, a complaint, a boo-I think you blew it. Yikes! To the producers of the television show, White Collar: How did you possibly think that that was a good ending? I mean. Seriously? Throughout the entire series we saw Neal evolve into a person who appreciated family, who found that there…