Coasting Along

Oh, what a sad and tiring weekend it was. I don't think I knew before just how tired grief can make a person feel. As I was flying home ...

Here is a link to Grandma's obituary . I'm flying out very early tomorrow morning and coming back Sunday evening. It will be sad, bu...

My heart is very sad tonight. My sweet Grandma Martin went to sleep this evening and woke up in Heaven. I will miss her so much. Please keep...

Ah, the long summer hiatus. Think of me as a TV show returning to my regularly scheduled night and time. (Hopefully.) I had such big plans f...

I was so disappointed when we moved to southern Virginia seven years ago and I got a good look at the library systems here, first the county...

In true " if you give a mouse a cookie " fashion, my kitchen cabinet project has mushroomed into something a little more complicat...

Some friends of ours are going on a trip to Utah and had some garden produce to dispose of that wouldn't get eaten while they were gone....

I'm home today working on laundry, so when I found this fun collage challenge over at Green Pape r, I sat down and played along in bet...

We finally caught a break in the weather last week for a few days, and I was able to spray paint the little wicker basket on a stand I picke...

I'm going to post the Memorial Day pictures I took of my front porch for the Fourth of July, since after a month of 90- and 100- degree ...

Tonight I'm finally getting around to something I've been wanting to do for ages. I have several cassette tapes here with interviews...

I swear I have sat down to write a blog post and been thwarted at least three times in the past few days. Our internet seems to be dismayed...

I am a member of Paperback Swap , so I get books in the mail from people all the time. This one was unusual, though: Some of the stamps on t...

I am really making an effort to stay on top of the flowerbeds this summer, and try to keep them from getting so messy. (Last summer was part...

I just love some of these Better Homes & Gardens ideas for dressing up your deck...I'm saving them here so I can come back to them ...

In honor of my aunt Molly who has a big birthday today, here are some pictures of her latest creative triumph. I mentioned last year how M...