YeP. You read it right. & aren’t those the happiest words ever, ever ??!?? Leaving. Leaves. uh-huh. they most certainly are. & I thank you, Experts. because, um, err, not to toot my own horn, but I knew I was right. Rake Day oh yes, yes, I was. it’s just nice to know there are other …

In case I haven’t mentioned my departure from social media a gazillion times … Today = 5 ! ! 1,096 ! ! (a gazillion + 1, actually) don’t mind me. I just enjoy bringing this accomplishment to light when someone I know frustratingly vents to me about the happenings within that realm. & whew, I …

This is not the first time I’ve written about her How-To & Knowing Super & I’m quite certain it won’t be the last. But when I stumbled upon … I thought, well, errr, maybe it IS all in my mind,  Neil deGrasse Tyson. Maybe. It. Is. hmmm. She’ll be here soon and as I prepare …

So. There I was, walking among the absolute ! ! gorgeousness ! ! of Autumn, when Luther Vandross, with his rendition of The Impossible Dream, entered my orbit & if ever a song seamlessly aligned to a moment ? WoWzA Perfect Harmony FOR. SURE. & how delightfully peculiar, this beauty came to me on the …

uh-huh it’s true I am. The Trees and Me & I realize, I’ve said this over and over, again and before, but DANG, trees, your gorgeousness is so sooooooo fantastically spellbinding I can’t help, but gift my joy because Autumn truly is So when those days get heavy and that NOISE is LOUD, spend some …

the first day of the rest of your life. ♥ and why I thought of this particular quote, at this particular moment, to text to this particular someone ? I’m not all that sure, but the sincerity filled response I was gifted in return, was all I needed. & mushy my heart became, sooooo wishing …

I’ve been told I’ve shouted, Go AWAY !, Give me my life !  I will kill you ! that I thrash around as if I am in one heck of a fight, and mumble names of family and friends to grab me, save me, help me & Halloween Eve seems like the perfect time to …

I begin each early a.m. with slow, steady, turtle steps as I whisper to my legs, my back, my sometimes ornery sciatic nerve, shh, shhhhh, it’s allllll good, pleeeeeeeeease, don’t hurt me. & yep, it’s true, getting old(er) has it’s not so wonderful moments, but hey, ya do whatcha gotta do and 30 minutes in, …

Ever since the good ol’ days of traveling to Gramma’s house I’ve been a big fan of billboards. Yep. Billboards. uh-huh. BRILLIANT. & just the other day, while Husband and I ventured from Point A to Point B, paying attention to the road ’cause I was driving, but also to those signs along that road, …

I’ve found a tiny piece of me That was lost so long ago A forgotten, little puzzle piece And yet, I’ve missed it so This puzzle piece found deep within Locked away for all those years Has resurfaced, oh so suddenly Gone now, are all my fears You are the little puzzle piece That has …