Live and Learn

            Life before cell phones is almost unimaginable to youngsters today. Poor things – think of the adventures they will miss because they may go their whole lives without ever being stranded in a broken-down car on the side of the road, totally dependent upon passersby to stop and help. Today, punching a few buttons… Continue reading Christmas Was a Rescue Mission

I like to imagine that I’m normally a somewhat rational person, but I admit that certain things push my “crazy” button. Losing stuff is one of those things. Keys, socks, important papers – I HATE knowing that something has gone missing. Low-level feelings of anxiety and angst seem to settle over my psyche like a… Continue reading The Glass Can Always Be Full

…look at a tasty dinner served to you in a fine restaurant and assume that the entrée you’re about to enjoy was not prepared by a chef, but was the result of a process whereby ingredients randomly combined, cooked themselves and hopped into an attractive arrangement on your plate (complete with parsley sprigs for presentation)?… Continue reading Design Shouts,“Designer!”

            One recent morning, my husband and I were fixing breakfast and we realized we didn’t have any clean teaspoons – they were all loaded in the dishwasher waiting to be washed. I’m ashamed to admit that we were temporarily rendered helpless. Whatever would we do? Spear our Shredded Wheat with butter knives?             The… Continue reading Simple Can Be Good

            I’m certainly not a gourmet chef, but I love to find and share recipes and tips that make domestic life easier. If they are a bit quirky, all the better. So I’m going to share a recipe with you that came to me via email. Anyone who receives email is probably way overinformed about… Continue reading Life is Like An Omelet

            Sometimes just sitting still and keeping your ears open in a public place can be more entertaining than a $200 ticket to a Broadway show. I would have paid good money to listen in on a conversation my husband recently overheard in a Texas airport. Even the retelling by my very non-theatrical husband was… Continue reading Some Changes Are Better Than Others

He lived fast, furious…and not nearly long enough. Winston is gone. We recently had to say goodbye to our beloved pup. Winston just couldn’t recover from a serious spinal injury he most likely sustained while doing what he lived and loved to do – running recklessly, leaping dangerously, playing tirelessly and “protecting” us diligently (albeit… Continue reading One Last Lesson From Winston

            By virtue of having passed Meteorology 101 in college to help fulfill my dreaded science requirements, I consider myself quite the “armchair” weather woman. Science and I have not really been on speaking terms since I had to dissect a stinky frog in 9th-grade biology, but I find the wonders of weather…dare I say… Continue reading Like the Weather, God is Always Here

While traveling recently, I decided I should burn off a few of the bazillions of calories I was consuming, so in a fit of conscience, I visited the hotel fitness room. As I was chugging along on the treadmill, I noticed a sign hanging on the wall, obviously displayed to legally cover some corporate backsides… Continue reading Exercising Our Faith Muscles

I frequently run into folks who ask me how my dog Winston is doing. Winston is the occasional subject of the columns I write, primarily because he has proven to be a veritable gold mine of spiritual lessons about how NOT to live.             When asked about my dog, my usual reply is something like,… Continue reading Is This All There Is? No Way!