Adventures

My Travel Daydreams Take Flight Soon

Have the time change woollies ditched your life yet? Even after practicing for a couple of weeks before the change, it still hit me hard. Thankfully, I'll be taking a vacation soon. I'll spring the clock ahead another hour - closer to beaches and sunsets. My anticipation is building. A story in your head isn't… Continue reading My Travel Daydreams Take Flight Soon

Adventures

Springing Forward With Shades of My Green With Envy Moments This Past Week

Ms. Snarken's signature attempt to take over another post started out like this, "It's blah outside... the greens of Spring are hard to find. What will you do to pull off another post? I don't envy you." "I dunno...there are always bird and bunny photos." "Haven't you had enough of those yet? You'll have to… Continue reading Springing Forward With Shades of My Green With Envy Moments This Past Week

Inspiration

Ms. Snarken Hearkened The Scrolling Reporter In Me

In a battle with my snarky side, I affectionately named her, Ms. Snarken. She kept me company as I scrolled. And I scrolled. And I scrolled. And I scrolled. . . through my bazillion photos to find when in the past year I captured rainy days. I had to scroll through the archives because we… Continue reading Ms. Snarken Hearkened The Scrolling Reporter In Me

Inspiration

A Time To Dust, A Time To Watch, And A Time To Pale

While I dusted, I pondered to myself. "Why is it that the items that Santa brought me are still in the boxes and collecting dust?" I sprayed a paper towel with Windex and dusted them off. "Dusting...dusting...dusting...it's quite disgusting. Dearest Miss Shelley, to have a need for something purchased through Windows shopping on Amazon 3… Continue reading A Time To Dust, A Time To Watch, And A Time To Pale

Adventures

How Sounds of Mother Nature’s Silence Flew Back Into Our Lives With A Heart-Warming Week That Was

The silence of our odd and snowy-less-than normal winter was broken this past week. We woke up the day after Valentine's Day to a snow-covered magical, almost sacred-like yard. The mid-week storm lead us into the cold blast ending the week with a heart-warming moment you're going to smile at too. I watched out the… Continue reading How Sounds of Mother Nature’s Silence Flew Back Into Our Lives With A Heart-Warming Week That Was

Going Gray

How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Every February, I get a bug to do good things for the heart and brain. If you've been following me for a long time, you know that my mom died of complications from Diabetes and Vascular Dementia in 2012. Here's the two of us a few years before her diagnosis. Little did I know at… Continue reading How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment