You’d think that after fifty years living with Doug, I would have heard about his disrupted musical stage career. But no. Watching an Antiques Roadshow Recut from the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento CA, another person’s treasure opened the door to a funny twist of his theatrical fate. Here’s what happened. As we watched the evaluation of […]
Thinking is hard enough at my age and stage, without some Americans wanting to think they can "equalize"what can’t be. The rights to think and to speak – are rights not all the world shares. When in human history did denying or policing people’s right to think or...
How well do I think I know what the Scriptures teach? In a recent sermon on the LOVE God lavishes on this world, the pastor challenged us to write down five things we think Jesus said, and then test it with what the Scriptures say He said. Okay, I thought, let’s see …...
Some days, no matter the outside temperature, I have to open the window – if only for a crack. Just feeling fresh air, even chilly, perks me up, especially on gray days. An open window makes me daydream about spring chores. Although the chill reminds me it’s still...
What was I thinking? When I saw a recipe that looked like a healthy alternative – a peach or strawberry pound cake, made from scratch – that is not out of a box – I should have remembered. Cakes are not my strong suit. I have a long stretch of losers – from cakes that...
Have you lost your mind? The question makes me laugh every time I hear my daughter ask one of her precious children. Such a deep question for a little person caught in the act of breaking a well-known rule! What you are doing is so wrong, it looks like you have lost...
Saying what I mean is harder when I can’t find the words to use. So, I remember what our kids told their kids. Use your words, was what my kids often said to their little ones who were struggling with their skinned knees or other frustrations. Good advice for this...
Here we go again: Daylight Savings Time 2023 I was ready for it! I set all our clocks ahead, and even got myself settled in bed at a reasonable hour. But, even then, I managed to head to church sans cellphone and Fitbit. Twenty years ago — would that have mattered?...
Fleeing a funk may be a bit more challenging in this season of life; weighed down with memories and memorabilia that aren’t always easy to share. I’ve been in a funk — or a slump —- for a spell. Whew . . . My inner Mary Engelbreit has been warning me to SNAP OUT...
Painting Painting pink tulips in February has been a good use of time. Listening to a biography of Charles Dickens while I paint has also been a good use of time, especially for one who read more Cliffs Notes than Dickens’ originals. Dickens was like the nineteenth...
Waiting In between eye surgeries what I was told is true. Now, with one surgery down and one to go, I see better without my glasses; except for up close reading. And when I put on older specs, it is like putting on the former cataract. Talk about a memory lane not...
Coffee and Misleading Clues Watching Jeopardy we were sorry to watch one of the Jeopardy's clues result in a wrong answer rewarded as right! A recent routine is enjoying evening coffee— a large cup of decaf—and watching Jeopardy. Because in such wackadoodle times ...
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