I have a lot of memories of our old house  which sat on a very busy major street in our town. We had absolutely no privacy in the front...

It's been a long two years since my husband and I packed up our home of thirty years and moved to a different part of town.  There were...

It was a beautiful Easter day for us this past Sunday. What was supposed to be a rainy possibly stormy day turned out to be sunny, mild...

Good golly, I was searching for a radio station a few weeks back when I stumbled across a very faint KMOX 1120 AM station.  It was faint...

Whee, it has been quite a winter in Southeast Missouri.  We've had ice, snow, tornadoes, wind storms, warm days, freezing cold days and...

I don't mind sitting at stoplights, at least not on a cold but sunny day when I can bask in the warm rays of sun coming through my...

My husband has always been fascinated by my yarn works. "It is amazing how you can take a ball of yarn and out pops a hat, blanket or...

Weddings Are Beautiful But.. Weddings are almost always happy affairs even if you have to drive a long way to get to them. We attended...

The Irony of It All My life is full of ironies it seems. Is that what helps us not take ourselves so seriously? I don't know. But when...

The day started off calm, peaceful. That lasted until the drive home at lunch time. Suddenly the streets were filled with wacky drivers...

Would You Like A Gift Receipt? One of the more fun things of having a baby in the family (besides of course, having a baby in the family)...

I was preparing to go into the hospital for knee surgery and wanted to wear some disposable contact lenses so I wouldn't have to worry...

Ever since I was eight years old, I have dreamed of being a writer. I imagined all kinds of stories in my head, I wore out thousands of...

I discovered a new craft store this weekend out of town that I fell in love with until I got to the checkout lane. I did not realize that...

Though I work in a church office, I actually have to do a lot of tech stuff. I run our computers and help everyone with their smart...

I was reading one of my favorite knitting authors' blog today about her ski trip. Her humorous post reminded me of the ski trip my...