Little Sister and Ori together again
They are together again, Ori and Little Sister. Never before has this house been utterly silent. Never before has this house been virtually empty except for Lisa who misses her friend almost as much as I do.
I am blessed with wonderful friends
What with 4 1/2 inches of rain one afternoon and a severe colic or twisted gut three days earlier, I've come to the conclusion...
Time to dig out the winter recipes
How many times have you -- the homemaker, not the housewife as today the homemaker can be any gender, married, single, with or without...
My dear cat, Lisa, will be remembered with love
I do not want to write this column. But I must.February has once again taken a beloved member of this family. Beginning in 1965,...
Autumn leaves ready to take the stage
Mother Nature has already dismantled her art gallery and set the stage for her annual striptease. The performance is usually accompanied by wind music,...
No birthday horseback riding this year
No, I didn’t go horseback riding on my 87th birthday, the first time in many, many years I haven’t observed that tradition — but...
Horseback riding happens after all
Yes! Yes! Yes, I did go horseback riding — not on my exact 87th birthday but 10 days into my 88th year!
I know this...
Saying goodbye to a beloved pet
One by one, like falling stars, they blaze too swiftly across our lives, then disappear except for their forever aura that never fades. We...
Walking, resting and visiting at the Canfield Fair
With the scary hurricanes and scary tornadoes and scary severe thunderstorms swirling all around us, we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop,...
Jack Frost pays a mid-winter visit
At last!While we were sleeping and even the stars shivered, he finally came, bringing with him his brushes to paint an icy forest on...
