We’ve been talking about Philip for years & each time we did, we’d add, ‘one day, we should go for a ride and find him’. But, life has a way of being busy and busy and busy & Philip, unfortunately, was put on our shelf of not all that important. Until yesterday. Yesterday, the stars …

As I was walking my walk recently, I came across a gaggle of geese. There they were, relaxing, chatting, doing their thing, right smack dab in the middle of the very same road I was on & at first I thought, ahhhh nature. I sure do love nature. But, the closer I step step stepped …

I. LOVE. GLEE. Like the sing-songy, over the top, it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood type of glee that so many people I love are exuberantly expressing today. Weeeeeeeeeeeee ! And rightfully so.They have patiently and loyally waited for this momentso pass that relish & relish it, baby ! It’s incredibly hard to describe …

Somewhere down the road, I signed up or logged on or subscribed to or whatever one does to enter the Land of the Tweet, aka Twitter.Got me a fancy little name, encouraged people of the world to ‘follow’ me.Yep.Yes, I did& welp.Truth be told, that’s where things kinda sorta just screeeeeeeech, dead stopped. Don’t tell …

This being Labor Day in these United States of America, I thought I’d reminiscence about my very first job. It was at our local bowling alley, Plaza Lanes. My title, “Porter”. I remember that very first job interview like it was yesterday. Me, so nervous as I walked into the manager’s office & the ever …

There is one of us in every family& I must confess.I am THAT one in mine. It’s picture time. Everybody is dolled up, lined up, set up.Nice and nice.Pretty and pretty.& …Are we ready ?Ready ?Ok. Here. We. Go. One.Two.Say Cheese. CHEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZ  !!!!!! There !Over There. See the person with her eyes closed ? Yeah.That’s …

There’s this plant I have that’s been in my family for years and years and years& I’d tell you it’s plant name but, I’m terrible with names, especially plant names.So yeah, I have no idea.It’s just this plant that’s been around forever. The planter this plant sits in was my Grandmother’s& somewhere down the line …

Ok, I admit.I was a bit nervous.I’m not all that good at new situations& this was very.I had never been in a mosque before. My ‘what if’ wonderings were eased immediately though, as Husband and I were greeted with smile after friendly smile& I thought, hey, they might be a little anxious too.We all are …

I was going to write a long, detailed blog about something or another today, until I looked outside.There is a hawk sitting on top of my big, bald, backyard tree and I just can’t stop watching him. He’s no stranger to these parts, he visits that spot quite often but, there’s just something about the …

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a young man from the neighborhood.On the last days of Ramadan, he came over offering thanks and treats.He and his mosque were very grateful for our continued patience with traffic and they felt the need to share& had it not been for a husband who answers late evening …