They say you should date someone for a year before you marry them. See what they’re like through all the seasons, holidays, and moods. It also takes a year to finally feel moved into a new house. Every season brings new insight and challenges. The first stage involves clicking all the light switches to find the right one. This light switch challenge can last for years . . . Or maybe that’s just me. Then there are the odd things. My current house had a beautiful engraved plaqu

An alternate title would be, Yay The Days Are Getting Longer. But, Ode to the Winter Solstice sounds so sophisticated. I Googled the word “ode”–a lyric poem that is meant to be sung. Since I don’t write poetry of any type, this blog isn’t really an ode. It’s just a blog. Like me, ancient civilizations celebrated the winter solstice and the promise of long summer days. In the summer, I am free to cook supper on the patio and take evening walks without a flashlight. On long roa

Happy Thanksgiving. I couldn’t think of any fun Thanksgiving themed topics, so I’ve written this blog instead. Besides, sometimes you need a break from the hoopla and the family . . . and the expectations. In our orderly industrialized society, it is easiest to put everyone in the same little box. The assembly line forces conformity. I can’t tell you the number of times my son has had to scrape the cheese off of his hamburger because we left the drive-thru without checking th

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Payday for greeting card companies. But, my husband and I have them fooled. We walk through the card aisle at Walmart together and read Valentine’s day cards. The funnier the better. If not for his grey hair and reading glasses, we would look like a couple of kids. While security cameras capture our image we read the cards. We open the musical ones and dance to popular tunes. We press the buttons on dancing stuffed animals. They wouldn’t put a s