Friday night dinner with my son, Tim at the winking lizard- Ribs and good conversation. I can't recall a single thing said; only how good it felt to enjoy his compay ( Read more... )

A short work week ( Read more... )

You know you've lived alone with a dog for too long when...

• After putting the dog out of your bedroom for several nights in a row due to her emitting such horrendous gas at 2 am that it wakes you out of a dead sleep.. you come to find out from your neighbor that there has actually been a skunk in the neighborhood waking everybody up. And you feel ( Read more... )

The week finished up, mercifully before I went face down from exhaustion ( Read more... )

School has begun ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the LJ community's Daisydumont lost her husband to a long battle with cancer. The both of them fought such a good, hard fight. And, thankfully,in the end- things became very peaceful. He passed with grace -or is it Grace? His wife was by his side, holding his hand and seeing him across the bridge to the other side of life ( Read more... )

I went to the east side yesterday- had to see a man about a stone. It was a nice, shiny stone; and I bought it ( Read more... )

I come to find out yesterday that the story of the woman meeting Paul Newman is one of these urban legends that has been making the rounds. I couldn't believe it. I thought the woman who related it was refering to a friend of hers ( Read more... )

We were sitting around the table, all of us talking about Cleveland and famous people and the tiny blonde on my right says ( Read more... )

For anyone who happens to drink coffee at my house this fall, the coffee served will be one of these, just ordered from Sweet Marias, and expected via Ground UPS, so that is in about 10 days:

1. Panama Hacienda La Esmeralda Gesha -
   
2. Guatemala Antigua Peaberry -Maria Especial -
   
3. Hawaii Kona - Moki's Farm -
   
4. Sumatra Classic Mandheling ( Read more... )