Tag: Writing
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Themeless Thursday

Hockey’s back just in time as Bryce Harper and the Phillies are 4 games back in the Wild Card standings and running out of time…Set a record this week losing three NFL quarterbacks I watch (Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger)…Coffee and cranberry bread is the breakfast of the week…The dreaded teeth cleaning appointment will…
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Ageless Or Aging Musings #1

You know you’re stressed when you need a reminder on your wine bottle to relax.
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The Week In Seven Photos

After being teased with hoodie weather recently I would normally spend a few minutes venting about the return of summer weather with storms and the dew point reaching 70, but this ornery freeloader let me know the conditions were worse for him and that he would appreciate a fan for his digs under our deck.…
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Weekend Watching

Wandering through the weekend I watched as the transition from summer to fall marched on with probably my last butterfly sighting, conversations transitioning from flowers to apples and the birds patiently waiting for the arrival of their fall feathers. It was a full weekend of watching college and pro football and a few stressful games…
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The Week In Seven Photos

The realization that the wise days of middle age have arrived is when you spot a bad idea and you quickly bypass a youthful thought of “the best memories come from bad ideas” to the awareness that you wish all the bad ideas you encountered in life had shown up with a warning label. There…
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It’s Cruisin’ Time

The classic cars are out everywhere all summer long in Michigan, but there is one special day in August where over 40,000 classic cars and hot rods are cruisin’ together on Woodward Avenue for the annual Dream Cruise. It’s that one day of the year that everyone is happy to be stuck in a traffic…
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The Week In Seven Photos

It’s been an exhausting week for little Harper who turned six months old. She’s finally aware of the squirrels running around the yard and she spotted her first fawn of the season. I almost missed the occasion since so far Harper is extremely quiet and failed to notify me that we had company, but luckily…
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Weekend Watching

The weather was perfect this weekend and I should have been kayaking instead of watching others kayak, but I was wandering through a favorite art fair and being dragged away from wonderful signs, beautiful hats and registering my niece for the Cold Butt Euchre Tournament. After the art fair it was necessary to recuperate awhile indoors…
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The Week In Seven Photos

As a woman firmly planted in middle age as a member of Generation X, I found myself again this week watching the tragic events on the news with a tremendous feeling of sadness at the lives shattered and the continued loss of innocence for the new generation of children growing up in this world. Being…
