Category Archives: Life Observations

Doom Box

This is the first of two posts that somehow got turned into a page. If you have Netflix, then you know the magic of the list. The place where you can add items to watch. Items that catch your fancy … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day

I hope you spend the day with someone you love and doing something you love.

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Green Gravel

It is a well established fact of life, that when it rains, weeds grow. Every weekend, I work for an hour picking the weeds out of the gravel. It seems to be a bit of a coincidence that as soon … Continue reading

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The Best Laid Plans

are often the ones the universe pokes off the rails. I was quite proud of my accomplishment to keep my writing on track. Apparently, that was enough for the universe to say, oh, really? How about this. And so, here … Continue reading

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One Month In

I wanted to make some changes, so I started in January. Like most things, I won some and I lost some. I did manage to make 10 new recipes, rediscovering the joy of cooking just after we finished our kitchen. … Continue reading

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Sorry but

Beards. Some people love them. Unless they are close-clipped and well-groomed or Santa Clause, I hate them. I have 2 references for beards. Two. You’re either a scraggly beard dude looking for membership in the Taliban. Or, you’re one of … Continue reading

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It’s the emotion baby

My daughter wrote lyrics to help her process some of her recent experiences. She asked me to look at what she wrote. She did a fabulous job as I heard the rap and music as I read, but when it … Continue reading

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Double it

We are still unboxing, still working on those finishing touches of this phase of the remodel. And so, I decided to eliminate one more box by installing a new light/fan and light switch in the dining room. The switch was … Continue reading

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Do you believe?

I was at lunch with coworkers the other day, and one mentioned that many people in this country and others, especially where nationalism (not to be confused with patriotism) is on the rise, suffer from Mental Poverty. Not having heard … Continue reading

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Undecking the Halls

We are among the last holdouts of the neighborhood. The ones who leave their Christmas decorations up until the Epiphany, or the 12th Day of Christmas (yes it is more than just a song, no I don’t have 11 lords … Continue reading

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