This weekend we got the news that a relative passed away.  He had a stroke a week ago […]

Love, love, love the warmer weather. Hate, hate, hate all this brown and grey.  So this week, I […]

I met Clayton Smith at the “Chicago Writes Conference” last September.  He read from his then soon-to-be-released novel, […]

 Mondays I reserve for gratitude. This week, I’m taking a slight diversion to highlight one very specific thing. […]

[tweetthis]Sometimes, well make that often, I can hardly believe the civic-mindedness of my children.[/tweetthis] Sure, when I help […]

Acht!  I never had this happen before.  I write a sentence, I delete it, I start over.  My […]

It’s Monday afternoon, already. This morning, Love-One invited me on a spontaneous outing.  [tweetthis]It’s so nice that I […]

This place certainly lived up to its reputation:  everything fried and greasy. A once in a life time […]

I wrote this post in 2013, after the LAX shooting.  Yesterday NPR informed me that another shooting happened […]

It’s Monday: Time to count my blessings, tiny and not. [icon name=”smile-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Hugs from Mr. R1. There’s […]