A couple of weeks ago P bought Rod Stewart's newest CD for me. On Soul Book he covers some of my favorites, "It's The Same Old Song", "Higher And Higher", "Tracks Of My Tears", "Let It Be Me" with Jennifer Hudson, "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" and "If You Don't… Read full post »

In July I posted a piece on a man that I see every morning as I drive to work, The Man At The Bus Stop.

Since then almost every day I see him perched atop his bench waiting for the bus. For a week or so about a month back he… Read full post »

Britt called this morning and I could tell she’d been crying. She told Parker last night that she would never be willing to move to California and it’s obvious that when he finishes film school out there he isn’t coming back here. She told me
… Read full post »

He's an artist.

He's a fiction writer.

He's a songwriter.

He's a poet.

He's a musician.

He makes every woman on OS think he's talking directly to her.

He's a flirt.

He's addictive.

He can drive a woman crazy.

But he is also

Just a man

A sensitive… Read full post »

I'll make this short and sweet!

Life Is Good has become Life Is Great.

What's up with "good" anyway?

"This soup is good. What brand is it?"

"This soup is great! What kind of spices did you use?"

"I had a good time last night. That restaurant… Read full post »

Andy Warhol's "200 One Dollar Bills" after being estimated to sell at $12 million sold for $43.7 million. The last time this piece sold was for $300,000 over 20 years ago so someone made a tidy profit on their investment and I understand the business aspect of art collecting but… Read full post »

When Britt and I were on our trip to North Carolina and Georgia I started to get very weak in the knees. There's been a lot going on in my life lately and I thought maybe it could be my nerves or that I had become anemic like I was in… Read full post »

Having decided on the title "A Journey of a Thousand Miles..." I found a couple of different interpretations of this quote by Lao-tzu which vary from the accepted "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Also suggested are: "The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's… Read full post »

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to see a marriage counselor. Yes, life has not been good in the Life household for quite a few years now and I finally decided it was time for some changes or I was outta there. Actually, I am outta there… Read full post »

My family knows that I don't want a funeral and I think most of them feel the same way. Some people say that a funeral gives closure but I can't seem to figure out what they mean by that.

I've joked with the kids that I would like to have… Read full post »

As a young girl growing up in Tennessee the fall meant trips to the mountains to buy apples. If I close my eyes, no I don't even have to close my eyes and I can smell and see the big sheds with the bushel baskets of apples fresh from the trees… Read full post »

We start receiving gifts before we’re born and continue to receive them long after there is anything that we really need.  My grandmother used to have gifts sitting in the unused upstairs bedroom with the wrapping paper still on them. She didn’t need any more dusting powder or hankie… Read full post »

Dear Saint Nick,

I haven’t written to you in a long time and I know it is just September but these things might take a while to put together so I thought I’d give you a heads up.

It might seem like I’ve been ignoring you but I got all side tracked on… Read full post »

This is going to be a quickie but sometimes quickies are nice. (smiling at you)

The first thing I realized right away was that I should not listen to Lucinda Williams when I'm in a pensive mood. Makes me cry every time and it's hard to drive with tears in your… Read full post »

When I was a kid I was floating around on one of those blow-up thingies and went out too far into the lake. After a while I sat up, lost my balance as you do on those things and I fell into the water. Not knowing how to swim I found… Read full post »

I want to tell you about what happened yesterday at work but a word or two about 9/11 first.

We weren't suppose to be on the internet at work that day but.... As I sat processing insurance claims a co-worker called over to me and said to go to CNN because… Read full post »

Every year on Labor Day the thought crosses my mind that I don’t understand how my having a day off from work honors the American laborer.

I’d like to think of myself as laboring but, as some of you know, I sit in a cubicle for six hours a day answering… Read full post »

Have you ever been in a grocery store when there’s a baby crying? It can drive you crazy. The sound echoes off the walls and ceiling and it sounds like the room is filled with crying babies. You go into the store for some milk and you grab the 1% instead… Read full post »

The first time I ever went to a dermatologist I must have been in my late 30's. A biopsy was done on a spot on my arm and when they called me back a couple of weeks later to tell me that it was malignant I was scared. It was removed… Read full post »

You know how sappy I can be when it comes to talking about trees or the ocean or my grandson or just about anything else. Well, this one is about finding beauty in a stretch of asphalt. Don't see how I can get very sappy over that? Just you watch and… Read full post »

It is Friday afternoon, 2 o'clock, and I just got off from work. Will you go for a ride with me? There's a place north of town called Big Talbot Island and I think it is one of the most beautiful places around here.

OK, great! Hop in! Sorry about the… Read full post »

I've written about my grandson before but you've never seen him. Today he was so cute I couldn't resist sharing him with you.

 He is very difficult to photograph since he doesn't know how to slow down. 

And don't even try to turn his hat… Read full post »