Driving safety may be the elephant in the room for families of seasoned citizens. We need to assess our capabilities before the accidents – not after. Recently I was with friends who are feeling as much angst over their aging parents driving safety as they did over...
The calendar says summer will tarry for another few weeks. But Labor Day weekend meant autumn arrived when I was not looking. The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year -...
The modest flowerbeds were ready before I was because our lawn service needed the work. Chilly weather put a damper on spring mowing, and postponed planting, too. However, visiting local farm and garden stores revived my ambitions to try again to plant and maintain a...
Freedom of speech is a charged topic – sparking all kinds of responses. Let's choose our words and actions carefully. Somebody besides thee and me is picking up the tab! A nation’s anthem can be more than a patriotic intro to a sports event. First, standing during...
Container Gardening Fits This Contained Season We are in! Fall arrived last week, on the calendar, and today with cooler temperatures and cozy sunshine. What a difference a few less degrees of heat can make! The cooler weather motivated me to plant the pots that...
As summer announces its imminent arrival with warmer weather, and as our move looms closer, I am not doing much gardening, except watering. Also, knowing, come mid-July there just might be a completely new layout restrains my urge to plant and transplant. Why bother,...
No, I wasn’t hearing things; but, as I arranged them on our mantel, they seemed to say: When you see us, think GIVING – lavish, extravagant unmerited giving. Three wooden wise men,* and one porcelain votive, decorated with St. Nicholas ** reminded me in their own way...
I have a junk basket – a catchall that has prominence on a kitchen counter until we have dinner guests – when I quickly remove it to our bedroom. It’s not large – maybe 12x8x6. Yes, it is an eyesore, yet oh so handy. For in it I stash pencils, paper, clippings, scotch...
Like the wounds from ice storms, the damage in our yard and flowerbeds from heat, drought and age needed tending.1 While we enjoying a respite from the heat, our lawn and garden were not. Huge splotches of brown grass, burned, browned leaves, and expired potted plants...
This year I selected drought tolerant plants for the panoply of pots I tactically place in the flowerbeds. And I have been carefully tending them – remembering that even Texas succulents need water. (Drought Tolerant) What I don’t get is why some portulacas flourished...
By the time you read this, the fall will have arrived. Fall — autumn — my absolute favorite season . . . the colors! Albert Camus described it as “a second spring when every leaf's a flower. ” And for the respite it is from me pretending I know what I am doing in...
Another Labor Day The holidays of 2023 have ticked by quickly and here we are at Labor Day. I am grateful for escaping vertigo for the days have sped by. When I survey all I hoped to accomplish as 2023 . . . well, . . . I haven’t quite finished the list I never...
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