Back in the late 1990s, our family took advantage of Special Love's Under 7 Weekend in Front Royal, Virginia, when son Ryan was three and...

It's late Spring, and Summer travel plans are fast approaching. Do you have your travel plans—either stateside or international all...

You've probably heard people utter, "I'm at this point or that point in something they are doing or where they are in their lives. Or,...

We had a blowout on our really-liked electric tea kettle this morning. We've found that electric kettles are our favorites for quickly...

Thirty-two years ago, I was enchanted by Duke University's Men's Basketball Team, with Christian Laettner and Grant Hill as the one-two...

Today is the official first full day of Spring 2024! Although I have some blog post ideas ready to go, this one had to go first in the...

My calendar says March 20th is the Spring Equinox, though given the temperatures lately, perhaps it jumpstarted like a 100-meter sprinter...

The Just Sew Bee (affectionately called JSB) meets about twice a month. One is on Zoom since we are a tri-state bee (AZ/FL/MD), and one...

The Stoics all said in one form or another that history repeats itself. I want to ask, why? Humans are human beings, and of course, we...

In 2018, I had the opportunity to travel to Ethiopia with my son Ryan's doctor, Aziza Shad, and The Aslan's Project Executive Director,...

Whoa, that is what you've got to be thinking, quilter or non-quilter, for any size quilt block that could take six hours to make/create....

January, a loooong month with 31 days (especially with many cold, snow, sleet, and little daylight days), is almost over. This month only...

This little story may need to go into my Shoes & Sweaters series (yet to be posted here), but for now, I'd like to share this one about...

This last week, I asked whether you consider yourself a sunrise or sunset person. Now, how about making lists? How about this one: add...

A White Out and Big Snowy Day - Soup's on... We will be short on sunshine today, but there are ways to manufacture it with a bowl of...