The technology generation

Last weekend, the grand girls stayed with us while Mama and Dad made their way to an out-of-town concert. The sledding in yesterday's post was part of our activities. Another favorite at our house is having hot chocolate with LOADS of marshmallows. Twix, who is almost six, decided she wanted one of the novelty marshmallows …

Spontaneous childhood joy

I believe as we get older, we lose our childhood ability to experience spontaneous joy. While many of us love to see snow with all its glistening beauty...we love it mainly from inside a warm home drinking hot chocolate and wearing fuzzy slippers. Especially when the temps are sub-freezing. However, there are times when a …

Movie Review: CATS fim adaptation

The first time I saw CATS was a lifetime ago at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It was a stage play and started my love affair with the bizarre story and quirky music. Since then, I've seen it performed live on stage at least five times. CATS is based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's …

Stepping back into the fray

Many of you know I've been an adjunct instructor for the journalism school in our town since 2006, teaching a capstone lab for seniors going into strategic communications. And, some of you know I stepped away from this gig after the graduating class of 2018 due, in part, to Entrepreneur's cancer and his challenges with …

One Word for 2020

The Christmas tree is down; ornaments and decoration packed away for another year; the Christmas cookies are almost gone. The holiday gatherings are now memories and it's time we turn our attention towards a new year. Does anyone else look at turning that last calendar page as a clean-slate opportunity? With that clean slate, it's …

December Photo Challenge: Jingle All the Way

It's the last day of December and the last day of 2019! PJ's prompt for our photo challenge is, appropriately, Jingle All the Way. December was a strange month weather-wise. Most of the month was mild with temps in the 50s and 60s. In fact, Christmas was almost 70F here in middle Missouri. However, a …

2019 One Word Wrap Up

Waaaaay back in January, I chose Mindful for my One Word for 2019.  My word took on some variations....Mind Full and, Mindfulness accompanied Mindful to round out the year's focus. How'd I do? Well, 2019 was a very full year. Entrepreneur and I went to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon in June, took the grand …