Many perennials and weeds are in full bloom in the Mid-Atlantic. Of course, when the temperatures rose a couple of times in the last few...

Malcolm Gladwell is an expert on outliers and has written at least one book on the topic. If you've read his books, you may know what I...

It's about time for a dose of cuteness and puppy love. It may seem that the world may be going crazy, but nothing beats getting into a...

Due to two major surgeries early last year, my family would not let me do my usual gardening and mowing the grass until my body was...

Over the past several months I've been working on my sophomore book about fun car stories. The working title has been either Car Stories...

From time to time I'll post an update on my/our granddog, Disco. A three-month-old spit-fire, she's gaining confidence and control of her...

While watering the plants that sit next to my writing area, I noticed the stub of a bulb I keep watering ... sprouted. I know it wasn't...

I wrote this piece a couple of months ago. I don't think it ever hit the blogosphere until now. It's all about moving to another "hot...

It's great to find a four-leaf clover or a heart carved in nature. I've blogged about the serendipity of finding hearts where you least...

Do you have a household pet peeve? Maybe you like when the toilet seat is up or down. Perhaps you want the plants watered on a certain...

…and just like that (snap fingers) 30 years went by in a flash…my baby girl is 30 years old/young. I can’t believe it! Like Harry Chapin...

"The Best Daughter," AKA Olivia, will be blowing out 30 candles tomorrow, and she is hanging on to her 20s for a couple of more hours....

Yesterday's post (3/16/2022) covers Part 1 of this story. It would be best to read it first so this post makes more sense. Thank you for...

While stacking a slew of stories in a Google Doc recently, I came across other stories that may land in another book someday. Since this...

I love scissors! Who doesn't love a pair of razor-sharp scissors? I almost love scissors more than my fleet of irons. For a quilter, they...