I keep a list of ideas for stories I want to write. Up until recently I had many options but my travel ideas have begun to dwindle. We usually take trips in the spring and the fall, hunkering down in summer and winter. I asked my husband if we could…
Piper is the only one I know who will wear out his sneakers without ever putting them on. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #piper #birdmom #conure #parrot #bird #conuresofinstagram #parrotsofinstagram #birdsofinstagram #parrotlife #instaparrot #adoptdontshop #ahelpingwingparrotrescue #soledestroyer
The world of skiing, any winter sport really, is foreign to me. I have never tried skiing or snowboarding, neither ever appealed to me. I attempted to ice skate once as a child. It did not go well. But I love watching the Winter Olympics and am amazed at what…
Recently driving through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, my husband and I reminisced about the last time we were there, over 25 years ago. We had gone whitewater rafting with a bunch of my co-workers who had turned into friends, the 12 of us filling two rafts. After changing into our green…
I have a friend who is blind and her name is the same as our next door neighbor. For the first few years after meeting the woman with the visual impairment, I called her Blind Denise to differentiate her from Neighbor Denise, when speaking of her to friends and family….
The evening before Wreaths Across America Day, I was texting with my good friend, Donna, from my hotel room in Arlington, Virginia. She asked what time we had to head to Arlington National Cemetery the next morning. The above texts followed. Most Saturday mornings I am home checking the pantry…
On Main Street in a town with a population of over 5,000, an hour west of where I live, there is a funeral home across the street from the hospital. I have to wonder who made this decision but an even bigger question is does their close proximity go into…
Recently acquiring yet another streaming platform, Paramount+, I have been watching the shows and movies that have been on my list for some time. One of them: all the season’s of MTV’s Real World. My husband and I watched them when they originally aired, the earliest running in the first…
Sitting under the hair dryer at the salon, giving my highlights their five-minute boost before the foils were removed and my hair was washed, I couldn’t hear the music that was playing in the large room nor the stylists and other customers talking. This must be what it is like…
