Suprise Me

I rarely go to the beach, and when I do, I am generally either working on my suntan (I know, very dangerous, but I still do it) or cooling off in the water. I can’t remember ever bringing a book to the beach either as a child or as an adult. But I do like… Read More

This is so not the world I had hoped to leave for my grandkids. It’s definitely time for a new generation to take over. Read More

Ric was a seasoned picker. He taught me to keep an eye out for those special items that spoke to me. Read More

The summer before college I had a job that changed my entire life. If only it had changed the nation's history as well. Read More

The Pet Rock, my favorite fad. Read More

My husband only occasionally engaged in DIY projects with me “supervising,” but we did live for 45 years in a house built in 1911. And we loved our old house, despite its frequent need for repairs. Read More

...this day would prove full of little revelations about Dad.  Read More

Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll! It’s all happening again. Right now! It’s the ultimate do-over.  Okay, the sex is likely not the same.  The drugs aren’t, likely, the same.  The Rock & Roll, likely, but may be is, or not, the same.  That is, if you still listen to your favorite golden oldies, dare… Read More

Most American youngsters learned their Fairy Tales from Aesop and the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson. Me? I was a ‘T. V. Baby’ and that electronic device was my friend and baby sitter (and later boy sitter) so I got Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle The Moose, Boris, Natasha et al for breakfast, some times… Read More

My title 'All Four Of My Grandparents Are Refugees' is true, kind of. Read More