My husband has always liked to tease me over the fact that I am a few years older than him. Kidding aside, though, I have had more aches and pains lately and I feel bad that he also has to endure them through association. He hurt his back this weekend and…
Monday morning I woke up with a sore eyelid and with the help of my physician, Dr. Google, the diagnosis was a stye. It’s much better now and last night I dreamt that I woke up, the stye was gone, but my sight was not. I had full vision back…
While choking on a mini Tootsie Roll today I wondered for a second, is it gonna end this way? And what would my friends and family think That I should have had water and taken a drink? I would hope that they know that I love them so And agree when…
We have become, if not the, then a Windy City. Having lived here all my life I can say definitively that in recent years we have had extremely blustery days no matter the season. It’s not unusual to have to bring in garden flags and porch signs so they don’t blow down ….
Meet my personal trainer. It doesn’t get much more personal than climbing all over you while you do your ab work. He is one tough bird whose bird’s eye view is perfect for communicating “GIMME TEN MORE!!!” Piper’s Beak Camp is serious business. Some of you may have a trainer of…
A week before Christmas, on December 19th, our home heater died. We knew we were on borrowed time with it, but the serviceman who came out to get it ready for the approaching cold months thought we could get through one more winter. Two months in to the “Brrrrrr” its…
Reptilian-like feet. Prehistoric even. Two toes in front, toe toes in back. Zygodactyl they call it. Dinosaur-like. Both feet and hands. Standing on one while the other holds food. Perching on one to sleep, the other tucked up into the breast feathers. So warm when it’s put back down. These feet do…
You know how when you have a cold or an injury and it’s the only thing you can think about? How sometimes, in the case of a bone or a muscle, you can feel your pulse in that painful spot and you hear inside your head, “that hurts, that hurts,…
