Or--it takes a worried sister. Like me ( Read more... )

When I was a child--oh, those many decades ago--we used to call it "Decoration Day". We went to the cemetery and left flowers on graves of loved ones. I remember it because my twin sister, Marjorie, had died as a young child and that's where we went. We picked the flowers from our own garden ( Read more... )

My lunch this week made the second contact in two weeks with people I worked with in the 1980s ( Read more... )

I love most of the flowers as they bloom, but I ESPECIALLY love iris. A few blooms, just the color of my icon, are lovely in the bed beside the garage ( Read more... )

Today I had a call from someone I used to know at IRS--and have kept up with now and then through the years. His name is Hilary (not THAT one) altho he lives in the D.C area. He was driving home from a doctor's appointment and,as he sometimes does, decides the hour or so drive would be a good time to chat ( Read more... )

I had a great Mother's Day with my family. Lots of conversation and laughing in the living room. Then Dev &her family left, Melissa and John went to John's Mother's and Cyn and I went out for pie and coffee (a tradition).

When we came back Melissa came down again and talked awhile since she'd missed Cyn before. If I knew how to purr, I would

Tonight Channel 10, (Public Broadcasting) re-ran a piece about Supper Clubs in the Midwest ( Read more... )

I hope it's been a good one. I'm so glad you called me this afternoon.

On THE DAY I drove Chuck to his car pool, came home, went back to bed for awhile, and realized that this was THE DAY. I remember that every May 5.

I love you so much!

I just spent several hours with two of my daughters. Melissa had come down and we had a good long talk. Just as she was getting ready to leave, Dev called and wanted to know if I was open for company. Since I saw Cyn earlier this week, it was a nice catch-up.

I saw the movie, "Forest Gump" on tv last night. I'd seen it in the theater, before, but there were parts I didn't remember very well. It was one of those things I sat and "watched"--not "listened to, mostly, and watched some." A good movie!