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A Mouse with Stockholm Syndrome (A Photo Essay)
Last week I wrote about some kittens who came in from the cold, so it seems appropriate this week to write about a mouse escaping the chilly outside temperatures. He (I’m using a male pronoun here, but honestly, I don’t… Continue reading
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The Kittens Who Came in from the Cold
When I looked outside this morning I saw there was ice on a puddle out there. So it would seem that colder weather is here, and that reminded me of another fall many moons ago when my little household suddenly… Continue reading
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Keep on Sparkling and a Cookie Recipe
Outside the fall foliage is probably a bit past its prime. There are almost as many leaves on the ground as there are on the trees, and overall the colors are not quite as vibrant as they were a week… Continue reading
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May Your Pumpkins Be Spicy
If you haven’t been inside a store or eatery in the past month or so, you might not realize that it is officially Pumpkin Spice season. If you’re as old as I am you might recall a time when such… Continue reading
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Bygone Kitchen Decor Trends
When I was growing up there were things you used to see in pretty much everyone’s kitchen. Exhibit A is pictured above. These ceramic frogs (and they were always frogs) had oversized open mouths and would be positioned beside the… Continue reading
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Taking a Journey in the YouTube Time Machine
Fellow, dinosaurs, if you want to feel old I saw a screenshot making the rounds this week of a question posed by a young person watching old movies and TV shows who wondered if people really used to commit phone… Continue reading
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That Time I Terrorized an English Teacher (But Not on Purpose)
It is officially spooky season, and so far it’s been a pretty scary week. In the publishing world one of the biggest book distributors (and the very biggest for libraries) Baker & Taylor is going belly up and yet another… Continue reading
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The Bots and the Bees
This year, against popular advice (read: stuff I’ve read on the internet) I didn’t pinch back the blooms on my coleus plants. Toward the end of the summer little buds appear which turn into stalks of little purple flowers. According… Continue reading
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Hope Is A Stack of Color-Coded Index Cards
There are neon colored business cards in various piles in my office, which can only mean one thing—Staples was having a good sale. Well, yes, that and also I’ve been outlining a new novel idea. It’s a somewhat complicated book… Continue reading
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We Have New Neighbors (At Last)
Something that we were starting to think might never happen finally did. Our new next door neighbors (aka Ron’s parents) finally moved in. To recap, last year we were told the house renovation project next door would be done by… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 