On the first day of this year I started a new Pinterest board, “Epic Gratitude: 365 Days, One Day at a Time.” Admittedly, it was, at the time, a knee-jerk reaction to the annoyance felt towards some Facebook friends who, … Continue reading
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. ― Plato A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to spend a few days with my daughter and her family. Far … Continue reading
Earlier this month, my husband and I spent a few days in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and the timing was just right. Though nowhere close their peak, the leaves were already dropping seductive hints as to what was to come in a … Continue reading
I was never a jock, but most sports have been able to thrill me vicariously…baseball especially, and the Cardinals in particular. My eight-year-old grandson, Bobby, loves baseball…the Cardinals especially, and Yadier Molina in particular. So when our daughter happened to … Continue reading
“Have a quality semester,” I overheard an instructor bid a student last week on the first day of the fall term, and that has been stuck in my head like an ear-worm. More specific than arbitrary descriptives that are overused … Continue reading
A recent trip back to my hometown provided an opportunity to do something I don’t often have the chance to do very much anymore: parallel park. Particularly within the city limits of St. Louis–or any major city for that matter–drivers … Continue reading
The other day two young ladies came to me asking for the study guide for the TABE test, which assesses math, reading and language skills and is required by many local employers. I stopped what I was doing, walked into … Continue reading
In just a few days, I’ll be sixty years old, and what is most surprising to me is that I’m actually excited about it! If you told me twenty years ago that I would be happy about turning sixty, I … Continue reading
It seems that quite a few people are upset about Facebook’s recent revelation that it manipulated the news feed algorithm for some of it users which resulted in those users seeing more positive or more negative posts. Subsequent posts by … Continue reading
For months we have been planning our summer vacation that centered around a stained glass class that my husband registered to take in Lansing, Michigan. We planned to leave Monday. Reservations were made to spend five nights at a campground … Continue reading