Summer Recap

by | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

It’s been a whirlwind summer for me, and from what I’ve been seeing on your blogs, the same is true for most of you. Don’t you think we all need an extra summer to recover from the regular summer? (Maybe a secret summer? Like a secret extra day?...

In Paradise

by | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

Sorry I didn’t get around to any blogs last week. My family and I were vacationing on the remote, paradise island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. On arrival, we learned that the drinking age in the Virgin Islands is 18, so my daughter Gabbey (age 19)...

Never Gonna be Big in Iceland

by | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

So, I’m on Twitter, and I see this post come up with my name and website: I put the sentence through Google translator — which identified the language as Icelandic — and got this translation. The new favorite author of mine is definitely Dianne K....

Road Signs to the Past

by | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized

I’ve always been a little puzzled by this road sign at the end of an exit ramp off Route 1 near my home. There is no Russellville. There is no Forestville. There are no towns 1 mile in either direction. But there used to be. I finally got curious enough to look...

Let Me ‘Splain. No. There Is Too Much.

by | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized

Let me sum up. Here’s all the stuff that happened while I was on blogging hiatus. My husband went to Japan on business, and at the end of his trip, my daughters flew out to join him in Tokyo. There are several reasons why I didn’t go too, but there’s no point getting...