We’re rapidly approaching my favorite holiday.
I love the Fourth of July, largely because I love fireworks.  If it goes “boom,” I’m there, and generally it’s as close as possible.
In one of those strange quirks of the law, fireworks companies in Ohio are allowed to sell class C explosives (the ones that go up in […]

BJ and I went to a local furniture store a couple of weeks ago to look at recliners.  Her mom decided she was going to buy one for herself, and the store was having a two-fer sale, so she asked if we wanted the second one.
As it turned out, she changed her mind, and neither […]

Tomorrow promises to be a good day.
First, our quartet will be back into action.  Diana, our tenor, had a heart attack back in January and had to have two stents inserted into one of her coronary arteries.  On top of that, she developed a really bad cold, probably because her resistance to such things was […]

Have you had a chance to shop for new clothes recently? I, for one, don’t really enjoy the task. It’s such drudgery for me to go to the store, choose something I think I might like, try it on and look like a dork, then leave with either nothing or more of what […]

I just came in from checking out my little garden and decided to give you all the update.
My scallions are delicious. Not too hot, not too stinky — they’re just right. I plan to enjoy some of those with a sandwich for a light dinner tonight. And maybe I’ll cut some of […]

This must be my week for receiving good news about gifts.
First, I was delighted to learn that I had won a flash drive from Colleen’s contest, and now, I just found out that I’ve been selected to receive a 16×20 photo enlargement canvas just for agreeing to blog about it here!
Do you think I’ll be […]