This afternoon, around 2:00 p.m., I found myself having a cup of tea (OK, it was really coffee), sucking on a hard candy (OK, it was a Halls), under a blanket (OK, it was my Phillies Snuggie), reading AARP Magazine (OK, it really was AARP Magazine) and wearing my slippers…

You often hear celebrities preach that if you love what you do, the rest will fall into place. The success, maybe even a nice amount of money. All you have to do is work hard and love what you do. Even the “Life Is Good” t-shirts I love have a…

I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life — and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. — Georgia O’Keefe

Saturday (aka Snowtober) Sunday (no power for 24 hours) Monday and Tuesday (terrible cold)

Please tell me you see that the lid appears to be smiling . . .

Seeing all the people in the stands at the World Series tonight, nervously chewing on their fingernails, makes me wish my own nails were down to the nub.

I spent the iWeekend iWorking on iTunes for my iTouch and my iHusband’s iPad. It was iSomething I expected to take an iHour or iSo on iSaturday, but instead it iTook iAlmost 4 iHours on iSaturday and iAnother 3 iHours iToday. I think iEverything is iOK iNow but I can’t…

Years ago, when I was beginning my married life, a friend who was already married for 20 years told me she thought there should be showers for people who had been married a long time so that they could get new towels and sheets. I now find myself at the…

I put make-up on today. The first time in 13 days. And I left the house on my own for several hours. It was a cool, crisp beautiful Autumn day; everyone is now wearing coats. The strong winds made the leaves fall quicker than they would have of their own…

I actually wrote this sentence to my dear friend J today and she said it should be the title of my novel. God only knows when that will be written so I didn’t want it to go to waste. Don’t judge me.