Category Archives: Life Observations

I smell the State Fair

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Linda Andrews

Our state fair starts next week. I love the fair. Why? Because of the food, the animals and the exhibits. We have a thing about turkeys so I every year I hunt for a turkey and shoot its picture.   … Continue reading →

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Family Traditions

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I love having my parents nearby. It’s fun to hear about how things were before they moved my family out West.  It’s also lots of fun to be corrected. Take Thanksgiving for instance. I had a rather rude awakening when … Continue reading →

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Guest Post—How Do You Feel About Computers

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I’m sharing this email my father sent. I think most of us have been here before but it’s nice to have company anyway. And as you can see I get my sense of the absurd honestly. Okay, you don’t have … Continue reading →

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Everyone is Brave Until…

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Linda Andrews

They realize cockroaches have wings. Sometime last night, my daughter watched her orange kitten stalk something across the floor. Then the Peachinator caught her prey and dropped it on my daughter’s lap. Unfortunately the prey was a cockroach. My daughter … Continue reading →

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What the Dickens Happened to Halloween?

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Linda Andrews

So, I do on occasion go to the store. Lately, it has been making me cry. Where has Halloween gone. At the beginning of September with the back to school stuff going on, I can understand the dearth of ghouls, … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Linda Andrews

To those of us in the US this is Labor Day. A day off to reflect on what our forefathers and mothers endured to give us a 40 hour week, child labor laws, and descent working conditions. While you fire … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Stubborn Just Doesn’t Cut it

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I’ll admit, I finish more books because I’m stubborn and I have a deadline. Others are waiting on me. I hate to be kept waiting—a genetic trait in our family is to arrive early or you’re late. Then there’s the … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Three Burgers

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Linda Andrews

In the last few weeks as my life has gone from crazy busy to just plain insane, I’ve eaten burgers out at three different fast food places. Two are well known chains, one is a local chain. Now, let me … Continue reading →

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I’m Going to Pump You Up

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Linda Andrews

It’s started as a simple project as most things do, then escalated into a 4 day event. You see we have a pool and the plunger that control whether the pool is backwashing or filter water to be returned to … Continue reading →

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Linda Andrews

I watch a lot of weird documentaries. For research purposes and so I don’t have to write. Ahem, I mean, so I can think of new twists to add to stories. Yeah, that’s it. So I watched this documentary on … Continue reading →

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