Duolingo is a language learning app that I use on my iPhone. This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. About the same time Steve Martin did this stand-up, I was taking French in high school. This bit pretty much describes my two year struggle with Monsieur LeGuilloux. My fish-out-of-water French teacher, …
I joined a Facebook group that shares posts of Manhole Covers from around the world! This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. There are more than 48,000 manhole cover enthusiasts in the group. As with any social media following, a few of the crew are outspoken. Others, like me, are casual …
Woohoo! I’m halfway to my reading goal of 24 Book for 2024! This page may contain affiliate links. For more information, click here. On January One of this year, I challenged myself to read 24 books (in homage to the 2024 trip around the sun). It seemed a simple enough thing to do. I love …
Cancer Awareness Ribbons are something we’re all aware of, right? They’re an excellent way to show our support for people struggling with terrible diagnoses. I am aware this simple symbol of a looped color ribbon is also worn to demonstrate solidarity with a wide range of notable causes and other human conditions. This particular post …
I recently took a short trip that included a two-night stay in a hotel with my parents. Without giving away too much personal information, they’re in their mid-eighties and in pretty great shape. This post includes an affiliate link. Details here. When taking roadtrips, such as this one, I have a tendency to take everything …
Read 24 books in 2024, that’s my goal for the year. And here’s a chart with my black-out BINGO! My groovy friend, Donna Jo, texted me on the first day of January to wish me a Happy New Year. In our text thread, she asked me about my New Year’s resolutions. I hadn’t given it …
I enjoyed The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I chose this novel at my book club’s Christmas Book Exchange. My friend said it was recommended to her by a college student from England who fell asleep reading it on a train.
Y’all, I’m having a first world problem. My family has been reduced to using single ply toilet paper. I know. It’s a pity. When news of empty household paper product shelves at all the grocery stores started filling my Facebook feed, my husband and I looked at each other and asked, “do they know something …
Having my parents nearby is one of my greatest blessings. As more information becomes available on CoVid-19, it’s becoming clear the most vulnerable in our population are those with the greatest amount life experience and those with certain pre-existing medical conditions. Therefore I’m worried about my parents and my husband and me and my kids.
Furlough-a-go-go ____ “Did she say ‘Hello?’” my boss’s boss queried.Like other Zoom meetings, odd salutations flurried.Hanging up, letters read and furlough granted,I decided then and there to bloom where I’m planted. ____ I always liked that saying. “Bloom where you’re planted!”