Category: Life

“The day that I have to wear electronic clothing to stay warm is the day I stay home,” I said to my husband about six months ago. We had endured some cold NFL football games and a few other events over the last couple of years, the kind of painful…

Watching my husband of three decades walk across the pedestrian-only (at this particular time) Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania could cause any number of emotions, all contingent on current status. If I am feeling particularly fond of my road trip partner, Hurry back. If we are in the midst…

There is a Hallmark Christmas ornament, Cool Fliers, that is always the last to go on our tree, not because of tender or nostalgic reasons, but because it is very difficult to hang. The tree decoration consists of two ornaments, one a small snowwoman, the other a snowman. Both are…

While in Pittsburgh, my husband and I had dinner at a sports pub connected to our hotel. The bar was fairly empty, except for a group of about 20 people, mostly congregated around a large table. A steady flow of one or two of them at a time passed us…

As we left home to drive to Washington, DC for a few days away, we stopped at Starbucks for drinks to sustain us until we stopped for an early dinner, as we approached the nation’s capital. Discussing what we were each going to get – people who have been together…

Attending a Keith Urban concert a few weeks ago (click here for Better Life), my husband and I sat through three opening acts before Keith took the stage at 9 pm. Before the first notes of Keith’s guitar, with each other performer and every song, I became more and more…

It is not only fashion that seems to come back around, look at vinyl records and the Polaroid camera. Also, in our household, the drip coffee maker. To provide a bit of background, I LOVE coffee. But as far back as I can remember, it has ben difficult to brew…

Having had the same artificial Christmas tree for many, many years (purchased at Frank’s Nursery, if you are familiar and remember that defunct store), after we had removed the lights and ornaments from it last year, instead of packing it back into its box and carrying it up to the…

As Mister Rain drove us to our local CVS for the second Thursday in a row to get another vaccine (click here for Shot To The Arm . . . You Give Fall A Bad Name), this time for the latest COVID shot, I had the realization that my husband…

Football, cider, pumpkins Leaves drifting to the ground In my cozy sweatpants Is where I can be found. The air is now crisp and clear In this season that we call fall Witches, ghosts and goblins I am delighted by it all. Yet even though I love it so There…