I can't believe I fell for it.  Suffice to say it involved sending an Amazon gift card to someone I didn't know, at the request of a...

" The Secret Life of Bees " by Sue Monk Kidd (published in 2001) will be the September pick for  the  Gateway/Lighthouse Women   N...

Last Sunday (July 23rd -- always the last Sunday of July) was Aunties Day . I had it written in my calendar, or else I probably would have f...

It took me a LOT longer to get through " The Fair Botanists " by Sara Sheridan than I had anticipated.  I started reading it on Ju...

Friday night, dh poured himself a glass of iced tea, sat down in the armchair and set the glass down on a coaster on the end table.  He'...

I'm a paid subscriber to Anne Helen Petersen's Substack newsletter, " Culture Study " which, as the name suggests, tackles...

My last real status update on my brother-in-law and nephew was last Monday (July 17th). A lot has happened since then!  Older Nephew's h...