Happy 2021! We are all filled with hope. In the fateful year of 2020, teddy bears peeked out windows. It was happening nationwide and outside our country. It started with an Iowa family and a Facebook group. Across neighborhoods, people were and still are placing bears or a favorite plush or a special picture in …
Spilled pasta created one of my favorite moments since the pandemic. “Mamma mia!” It was the pasta aisle. I dropped a box. Spaghetti noodles covered the floor. Two gentlemen witnessed the crime and made jokes. A girl and her mom pointed and laughed. We all talked! It felt so normal. I spoke with a person …
The most attended event in US history was the Chicago Cubs’ post-win rally and parade in 2016. Yes, there are many Chicago Cubs fans, and 5 million showed up that day to celebrate their BIG World Series win. This is according to Bleacher Nation. The Cubs’ Post-Win Celebration Was the Largest Gathering of People in …
How would you describe much of American behavior as of late? I pose this question in a world that is increasingly… Politicized and polarized? News media have slants, and politicians have agendas? Has social media annoyed this climate? Has covid-19 stressed this environment? Has an election year exasperated it all? I think we can all …
We all want to live by, or at least visit the water. It’s there most of us find peace and healing. I can go so far as saying I want to be like water. For me, that is let life flow and go with the current. What is our attraction to water? Let’s think about …
Dog Days of Summer. We often hear this phrase referring to the month of August. It’s when the days are hot and a person feels lazy like a dog. What you may not know is it dates back to the Greeks and the Romans when the dog star, Sirius, rose in the sky. Dog days …
A turtle dug deep in the landscape of our front yard one recent morning. She pushed her head in the mulch and dirt with her tail end up. She maneuvered until she found just the right places to bury her eggs. This is the second turtle that has come to stay with us. The first …
Today is June 1, the first day of meteorological summer! For most of us, summer kicks off with Memorial Day weekend. Yet the actual calendar says we must wait until June 20, the first day of astrological summer. For me, the beginning of summer is a feeling. It can be early spring when the first …
Five inches of rain fell yesterday. The rain was determined, persistent, and ruthless, as it came down in buckets. One thing for sure, if it must rain, I prefer a warm rain. In fact, I’d be in pure bliss walking outside in the puddles on a misty, warm day. Probably even over a sunny, bright …
I am sad for all of us, our family and friends, and parents and children. Every generation has a unique experience with this pandemic, and lessons will be learned. But we’re living it now, unsure when it will end, and life returns to normal. What do you miss most these days? Is it your job? …
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