Displayed in the window of the Lincoln Theater in Washington, DC since 2017 (not to be confused with that other theater), is a twice life-size, full-color, hyper-realistic head of President Abraham Lincoln. It was created in 2013 by two-time Academy Award winning makeup artist Kazu (Kazuhiro) Tsuji, and is made…
Piper loves Nutri-Berries*. He holds them one-handed, for long periods of time, in no hurry, savoring every morsel. He has no intention of giving it up. I have tried to playfully pull one of these snacks away from him, but Piper has a surprisingly powerful grip for a little bird,…
Have you ever tried to lay back in a Jacuzzi or a soaking tub but are unable to do so because your legs are too short to touch the far side of the tub, therefore, you slide right down into the water when you attempt to get comfortable? I love…
As I write about in It May Not Be Hell But Something Has Frozen Over (click here), after fighting the idea, I purchased heated vests for my husband and me. We had endured too many outside events where, despite layers of clothing, we were cold, cold enough to not be…
During Wreaths Across America Day, my husband and I walked down a row of graves towards the macadam at Arlington National Cemetery to head to our car. I had my trusty trekking poles, but it was still slow-going for me in the uneven, hilly Section 33. As we got closer…
In an otherwise empty field at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, there are twenty-two massive Corinthian sandstone columns that were a part of the US Capitol’s east portico from 1828 to 1958. When the Capitol dome, familiar to us all, was completed decades earlier in the 1860s, it made…
If I saw this photo on a dating app, I would swipe right all day . . . and night . . . long. Those high beakbones. Those beautiful eyes. Those muscular thighs. Some might want tall, dark and handsome. Small, green and feathered is right for me. #sisterrain…
Having visited the Hobbit House at The Brothers Greenhouses in Port Orchard, Washington for the first time in the fall of 2024 (click here for Such A Fine Sight – Part 4), I wanted to return on our most recent trip during the last week of November of 2025. I…
Driving along the coast in Washington state, I saw what I thought was a small boat by itself in the water. I asked my husband if that was what it was and he confirmed that I was correct. Completely without emotion, I commented, “Isn’t it crazy that I can’t see…
I have checked into many a hotel in my day, especially when I was a corporate meeting manager. I know the drill and always approach the front desk with my photo ID in hand. During a recent hotel stay, leaving our luggage with my husband, I said I would go…
