Everyday Epiphany, Family, Health, humor

Face the Facts

 Everyday Epiphany: Donโ€™t underestimate the silliness factor. It may have been a cooking quarrel or a direction dispute or a clean up after yourself spat that disrupted the peaceful coexistence Mike (my Significant Other) and I had established. Whatever the clash, I had been wrong. I overcooked the chicken instead of inserting the thermomotor as… Continue reading Face the Facts

Cooking, Everyday Epiphany, Gardening, Health, humor, Outdoors

Shopping The Lawn

The pink tinged blob wheedled its way onto the lawn, nudging aside the clover. It looked like the answer to a childrenโ€™s puzzle where two obviously related items like a shoe and sock were grouped with a unicorn. Then, the puzzle solver was challenged to identify the misfit. A unicorn blossomed on my lawn. Unicorn… Continue reading Shopping The Lawn

Almost Apolitical, Everyday Epiphany, Family, Health, humor

A Laughing Matter

Santaโ€™s coming to town soon and whether you believe or donโ€™t believe (I fall somewhere between.) he has a message for all and itโ€™s not what the song touts. โ€œYou better watch out.โ€  Although this advice is sound the word โ€œbetterโ€ flavors the advice with a threat. โ€œYou better not cry.โ€  Crying is cathartic. This… Continue reading A Laughing Matter

Everyday Epiphany, Family, Health, humor, Writing

Sitting Situations

โ€œWhat are we doing?โ€ I asked Mike. I plopped down into the redwood cushioned chair on the front porch, a low wooden table between us. Iโ€™d watered the planters, weeded around the sitooterie, and refilled the hummingbird feeders. Before embarking on my next task, I checked with Mike to see if he had plans in… Continue reading Sitting Situations

Almost Apolitical, Exercise, Health, humor, Outdoors, Travel

Move A Muscle

When Iโ€™m sitting I think, โ€œWhy am I just sitting here?โ€ So I stand. Then I think, โ€œIf Iโ€™m standing I might as well do my stretches.โ€ So I stretch. Then I think, โ€œSince Iโ€™m stretching, I might as well walk.โ€ So I walk. Then I think, โ€œBiking is faster than walking. If I ride… Continue reading Move A Muscle