Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I don't know a lot about this man, something I need to rectify. I am not a big biography rea...

Well, here it is, the big day! A brand-new start for everyone. Whatcha gonna do with your time this year? Work? Read? Play? Daydream? Exerci...

My extra present at Christmas was something old. It was my mother's button box. Well, actually it's a fruitcake tin from the 1960s, ...

And so this was Christmas: Lots of food. Even something healthy. All set up for guests. Yum! She brought cookies! My mother-in-law. My stepm...

May the day bring joy.

The older I get, the more nostalgic I seem to be for those Christmas Eves long ago. The ones where my parents threw a big party, and loads o...

Here it is - the time for new beginnings. Diets, exercise, eat right - all of that stuff - becomes the focus for about two weeks, and then l...

We officially now have what I refer to as "old people's" Christmas. The children are grown, leaving only us older folks to gat...

 

  This decoration is older than I am. I think it came on an Avon bottle, but I'm not sure. Our tree this year.

 

My friend T. brought me one of these for Christmas (before the power went out). It was (almost) too cute to eat. Hard to resist the chocolat...

My brother and his girlfriend came over Thursday evening. We had a cheeseball, chips, and fudge. We exchanged gifts. That was Christmas. For...

 

We lost power on Friday, December 23 about 8 a.m. and didn't get it back until Sunday, December 25, about 2:30 p.m. So Merry Christmas a...