It has been a little over a year since I wrote my first post about "the plague year," on April 19, 2020. When I began journaling about my...

As of March 5th, I joined 19% of Americans who are "fully vaccinated" against COVID-19 - that is to say, I had received both of my shots...

I have always fantasized about moving to another country and living there for a while. Not forever, but for a couple of years or so,...

Tomorrow night, the Alabama Crimson Tide will play Ohio State in pursuit of its seventh national championship under Coach Nick Saban, or...

Every decade or so, it seems everything falls apart for me, before it puts itself back together. I was 12 years old in 1970, and in...

"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned." Isaiah...

My pug Timmy turned six months on December 11. He has been with me since July 29, a little over four months and 2/3 of his short life. ...

Tonight there is a brilliant full moon bathing the mountains and the desert in its soft glow. I love the moon in the desert, especially...

2020 is finally nearing its end, and for me, that is something to be grateful for. It has been a difficult year in many ways, some which...

Many years ago, when I was newly graduated from college and in my first sales job, I had a boss who was full of folksy stories and wisdom....

It has been a momentous week, what with Election Day and then the call that Joe Biden will be our next President. As a Biden supporter,...

This has been a contentious and interesting election cycle. I enjoy following politics, and watched closely during the primary season to...

Someone observed to me recently that it seems like my life is in ruins. At first I thought they were joking, then I was taken aback to...

As some of you know, I just returned from a nine-day visit to the Orlando area. I have made this trip every year since my mother moved...

I had a bad experience this week with the agency that I was formerly associated with for jobs as a substitute teacher. As readers may...

If you are like most people, your reaction to this subject is, "What's a mystery shopper?" I had never heard of mystery shopping either,...

Yesterday was my first day back in a classroom since my last teaching day, pre-quarantine, on March 6. I left on the Friday before...

I remember when I first decided I wanted to be an actress. I was maybe 8 years old, and I was with my mother at what I think was a high...

My favorite neighborhood thrift store went out of business on Saturday. This was the first really painful loss for me of the economic...

Tomorrow it will be four weeks since I met my little boy-pug Timmy and brought him home. He was very tiny and malnourished when I met...