I can't believe the mild winter we have been having here. But it definitely has left the area now and old man winter has us in his icy grasp. Brrr! I'm a hibernator when it comes to the cold. I don't want to go out in it even though I love the beauty of fresh fallen snow. I think it is old age because I use to love to take walks when it was ( Read more... )

It's almost midnight. The house is quiet. I share my home with a teenage granddaughter, her mom, two cats, and a dog. No phone ringing; the to-do list is done or atlest postponed; no one needing attention. I treasure these moments of silence. The relative quiet wraps itself around me like a warm blanket on a cold wintery night. This is my time...a ( Read more... )

Christmas is over and my thoughts have turned to te new year ahead.I view each new year as a clean slate on which to write. And, although I have never been big on making New Year's Resolutions, this year I am making an exception. For Christmas, I got an exercise bike (my doctor suggested it). So my resolution is to use the bike regularly. This is ( Read more... )

Friday evening I went to a performance of the complete work of "Handel's Messiah." The only word to discribe it is AWESOME ( Read more... )

Hi! I thought I would introduce myself to all. I'm 67 years old and legally blind. I have macular degeration in both eyes (more of that later). I was just asked by my kid, "Why I joined this." My immediate response was, "I don't know." But I guess I do. I like to talk to people and find that due to health conditions I have become more and more ( Read more... )