Let’s See Who Wins: Using Deception to Keep Us Healthy

Even though Douglas has been teaching a class on healthy living at our church and has been eating much healthier, he's having a hard time losing more than five to ten pounds. As I prepare for my new reality, having my own personal defibrillator in my chest, I, too, need to lose some pounds, something... Continue Reading →

What Is It About Cooking and Solving Murders?

I will tell you upfront that this is one of the kooky posts, generated by questions about life that seem to nettle my mind and will not let go. Chalk it up to my trying to find my cadence for writing again. The question today concerns why so many new cozy mysteries have women who... Continue Reading →

Thankful for Another Birthday

Yesterday was Douglas's 69th birthday. It is stressful trying to find gifts for him. This year, he wanted a "unusual" hat to take to Italy in May. Needless to say, I didn't know what that meant, so I ignored the request, until yesterday. While having breakfast, I suggested going to find him a hat. Not... Continue Reading →

Multitasking Works!

I follow so many blog sites, at last count 297, that most days I don't have the time to read all of them. I value each one of the blogs I follow, and each provides me with a plethora of benefits. But, between writing blog posts and taking are of the other aspects of my... Continue Reading →

Keeping the Child Inside Happy

As a child, I loved jumping rope, climbing on playground equipment, or just anything that kept my body in motion. My first job with the telephone company required me to climb floor-to-ceiling ladders all day, as I wired up networks that connected cities and towns. I loved all of it, the big spools of wire,... Continue Reading →

The View Through the Window: Photo Challenge #255

Looking through the window at the view before me, I know that I am no longer languishing at home. Instead, I traveled long distances to experience Places that I hoped to see before the years are gone. The tower I see took so many years to build, and The creators didn't know that it was... Continue Reading →

Not Alone in the Car

I was driving along and I made a mistake that many people have also made. I wanted to turn left across two lanes of traffic. The driver of the car in the closest lane stopped very courteously to let me turn. He signaled me to turn, so I assumed that he knew that both lanes... Continue Reading →

Ode to Interracial Couples: Weekly Writing Prompt

There is no real dichotomy between you and me, For we both have eyes, ears, noses, and feet. Thank God that hearts don't notice color or race, But only seek another heart with the same beats. Delirious were we when love finally found us, It reminded us of our value and worth. We had both... Continue Reading →

Pay More Attention to Friends

Douglas and I drove to my hometown today to visit my best friend in the hospital. I had not seen her for months, when I got a call from her on Wednesday that she had been in intensive care. I felt so bad that I had not called her in nearly three weeks, especially as... Continue Reading →

A Photo a Week Challenge: Colorful

These are pictures taken in Sevilla, Spain that catalogue the different municipalities in Spain. They are so colorful, with each having a theme that best represent the area listed. People from the various places would take pictures in front of their areas. Douglas, my husband and travel partner extraordinaire, liked the colors of Valencia, and... Continue Reading →

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