In case you've been living under a rock the past few days, the Winter Olympics are now under way. In Vancouver, on the wet -- errr, west...

I didn't have to dream of a White Christmas; I actually had one. Which is nothing new, since I am from (& spend my Christmases in) ...

As I explained in a Show & Tell post last year about my Christmas card strategy, I almost always know my Christmas card for the year wh...

Dh & I have been in this house 19 years... so that means that our stove, refrigerator, washer & dryer (all Gen.e.ral Ele.ctric brand...

When you are childless-not-by-choice, there are certain times of the year that can be more painful than others. Holidays, certainly. Christm...

At last week's S&T session, Luna posted on S&T about the "amazing blanket" her sister-in-law made for her new baby. (...

Second of my two-part Show & Tell this week (Part 1 is just below, here ) No, I couldn't make up my mind just what to show you. So I...

This week's Show & Tell comes in two parts. Yes, when I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll. ; ) This is Part 1. Part 2 appears just...

When my sister & (especially) I moved out of our parents' home, we left a ton of stuff behind. In the summer of 1980, we were pre...

(Apologies in advance for the wonky formatting -- trying to get the photos & text in the right places has been an exercise in frustratio...

(Photo: Me, as a 19-year-old university student in my dorm room, going to a punk rock social (dance) at university, February 1980, and tryi...

I've been thinking a lot about my maternal grandparents lately. Both of them had birthdays in early May -- Grandpa on May 3 (he'd b...