It’s that time of year. Magically, one hour of every day is now needed to water and weed the vegetables I’ve planted in the garden, keep up with the mowing and pop the dandelions out of the so-called lawn. I’m talking about yard work.   Bruce and I used to share...

As part of re-socializing myself after a year-plus of very limited social options, I bit the proverbial bullet. Last Saturday, I went to observe a contra dance group. Hey, there were people there! About a dozen of them, outdoors, socially distanced, masked and with...

Take a moment to look up from the pandemic and you might notice: It’s April already! April is, among other fine things, National Poetry Month. This is one excellent reason to choose buying a bra as my blog topic du jour. Why? Because a popular cowboy poem by Bill...

For months now we’ve been longing for the end of the pandemic, which at last seems like a possibility, provided we all stay vigilant about the recommended protocols until our country achieves herd immunity. During this time, there have been many other endings of...

More than a year after the pandemic restrictions kicked in, the beginning of the end is now, for me, in sight. Meaning? I have my first injection of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow morning, Saturday, April 3. In recent blogs I’ve shared that life in a more open...

It’s been a long year. Anyone out there disagree with me? No, I didn’t think so. Now, aided by spring and its irrepressible promise of new opportunities, it at last feels to me like there’s a future out there, waiting to be explored.   Spring arrived on the 20th....