When a year changes, I find that I’m much more introspective than I am when my birthday comes around. Maybe it’s all the talk about new year resolutions and changes to be made and habits to be dropped. So, when the new year arrives I find myself looking over my shoulder at the past year […]
This is going to be a political and social rant, so those not interested can move along. Okay, at first the Medical Bill submitted to Congress was not great, but it was a start. Over the months of discussion in the House and Senate, our Congress critters have managed to strip the bill of any […]
Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775 and died in 1817. She was 41 when she died. During her life she wrote several novels that live in the hearts of her many readers. The novels (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibilities, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Lady Susan) have been in print almost […]
It was time. I’d upgraded my old phone a couple of years ago when it went through the washer. Hyperion still had the original cell phone which no longer really worked that well since when he called me it sounded like he was clear across the room from the phone rather than next to his […]
It has rained all day today. It seems like it’s rained more than not lately. Matches my mood though since I’ve been headachy and out of sorts — maybe flu maybe not. Hyperion though definitely has the flu but is back to work (out of sick time). Luckily the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up so […]
Thought I’d give a run at this meme: 1. Get a pilots license and fly a plane — just a small one, fixed wing. Took lessons once and have 9 hours of flight time. 2. Speak a foreign language. I took three years of high school French. Two years of college German. One year of […]
My browser is set to refdesk.com as my home page and today’s quote of the day was by President Theodore Roosevelt: “A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than […]
A while back I stumbled across the fact that Jen Yates was on a book tour for her book, Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. Then I noticed that one of the stops on the tour was in Bethesda, Maryland. I marked my calendar. I’ve enjoyed the Cake Wrecks blog since I stumbled […]