I love a good mystery story. I belong to a mystery book club. I read over a dozen mystery series, waiting impatiently for the next installments and heartbroken when a run comes to its end. These are adult stories with decidedly mature themes. But, I also read (and write) books for children and they entertain (and surprise) me, too.
Read MoreNew year. New government. New perspective. New hope.
Could 2020 have been any more unsettling?
Read MoreIn January, I posted a blog proclaiming that I was going to spend this year learning about digital marketing. Did I?
Read MoreWhen my husband and I retired, we decided to turn our hobbies into small businesses. I write and publish children’s books. He makes toys and has a whole array of “testers” eager for his next invention.
Read MoreThis is our home of 40-plus years. When we bought it, it had a cistern, a coal chute (still does), a yard full of fruit trees and vines (still has those, too), a root cellar (yup, still there) and shade from that magnificent elm in the front yard. In those 40 years, we have updated every part of it and, yet, it still retains the ambiance of the 100-year-old farmhouse it is.
Read MoreThis is a picture of Diana’s Bath in Bartlett, New Hampshire. When I was a teenager, I spent more than a few blistering, summer days refreshing myself in Diana’s pools and cascades.
Read MoreSleep-away camp is still a huge part of my life. It gave me the opportunity to learn. Not just to learn to sail (at which I excelled) and to play tennis (at which I did not) – but to find out about myself. I was independent.
Read MoreI used to be a Park Ranger at Mount Rainier National Park. That was a long, long time ago. But, it’s still something that surprises people and makes me proud. I have a National Park Geek decal on the back of my SUV.
Read MoreIt’s finally official. My husband of 40 years and I are retired. Businesses sold. Schedules wide open, Responsible to only ourselves. For four whole months, we had the freedom to go where ever we wished and to fill our days as we wanted…then came social distancing.
Read MoreOnce, on the way home from musical theater class (and I use the word “class” very tentatively), my four-year-old granddaughter asked from the back seat, “Who’s you’re favorite superhero, Mom-Mom?”
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