I have a friend with a dog that she acquired through Guide Dogs for the Blind.  The two of them went through extensive training and have been together for several months now.  I ran into...

Other than when my husband sings in the mornings, “Lazy Mary you gotta get up, we needs the sheets for the table”, I don’t particularly like the word lazy — there seems to be...

When I was in high school, it was a requirement that girls take Home Economics — the boys, Wood Shop and Auto Mechanics. As I recall, those were obligations that had to be met...

The office supply place where I normally shop downsized — half of their space went to the big pet store next door and now that shop has a place where they showcase dogs that...

  A couple of days ago I read that Wayne Dyer had died.  I was not a devotee of his — no specific reason except that in the early years of 2000 when he...

I like going on hikes.  I have a husband who likes walking just fine but who chooses to ponder the scenery while getting exercise, more than I do.  He loves to contemplate the landscape and...

I go through periods of time where I eat sugary things and others where I abolish almost all refined sugar from my life.  Sugar can be an addictive substance for me  — once I...

I think of myself as being good with words and definitions  — and was slightly horrified when I discovered that two words I have used plenty of times over the years, I have used...

Dear Cheese: I love you. You have been my passion for as long as I can remember. As many years as we have spent in each other’s company, I can truly say that you...

My mother used to fix oatmeal for breakfast on cold winter mornings.  It was delicious and more importantly, she told me it would “stick to my ribs”.  I always have assumed that sticking to...