Autumn has a special charm and sadness about it. I love the season while hating what it signifies, the end of green and the end of warmth. Despite the predictions that this fall would fall flat due to the...
I won’t say that I was the biggest fan of Bowie’s, but I have always enjoyed his work and identify his place in the cultural history of our time. He was a seminal figure in art and music and his...
This weeks prompt for Journal 52 reflects on sunshine and rain. I found this amusing when I read it as this morning I had done something very out of character for me: I gardened in the rain. Who does that...
I make the drive along Seneca Lake from end to end a few times a month, and now that I have a camera, I can capture some of the beauty I see on my way. I’m quite excited by this as a lot of Mennonite...
A.D. and I have a weird little habit: We collect the state magnets for each state we travel and keep them on the refrigerator. It functions as a bit of fun as well as a reminder of where we need to travel...
This week’s choice on Journal 52 was between ‘lunacy’ and ‘full moon’. I chose lunacy. That’s not a sentence you write on the daily. Anywho, I looked through the other...
Here’s a quick and simple tute on how to hem a pant and keep the original hem intact. This comes in handy when you buy a pair of jeans or other pants and want to keep the ‘factory edge’ and...
I really like being able to shop in app form, especially for groceries. Recently, Ibotta featured two new sites: Jet and Boxed and I tried both! Today, I talk about my experience and savings with Jet. A...