I don’t personally use an e-reader, though I know a ton of people who swear by them. I still prefer holding the hard copy of a book in my hands and being able to...
The other night when we were in the car, I was driving and my husband was the passenger. He and I were talking about his mother’s childhood, wishing we knew more and wondering if...
I spent a long time running errands yesterday, didn’t remember to take a snack along with me and before I knew it, I was starving and ended up succumbing to a quick blood sugar...
On our way to a campground in British Columbia last week, we stopped for gas at a stop-and-go place that popped up at a highway intersection. I spotted a sign outside advertising ice cream so...
A few weeks ago, I was eating in a restaurant that offered free soft serve ice cream to its patrons. Customers were invited to help themselves, an enticement that I don’t believe the...
The Provincial Park campground where we were staying this week had a book exchange table near the entrance. A conglomeration of inexpensive romance novels was pretty much what I expected — but at the...
Our neighbor is employed by the government and recently applied for a position that requires a higher level of security than he previously had and told us that someone in an official capacity might...
When I was five years old, my best friend in the small town where we lived convinced me that if I saw the street lights come on in the evening, I could make a...
A shooting. Another shooting. I woke up yesterday morning to news of one more mass shooting, this one the deadliest recorded in this country. The news reports referred to it as “today’s shooting”, which...
We just got back from camping in Canada and I noticed a couple of things. My first observation was that the border crossing guard at the Canadian customs booth was extremely friendly and welcoming,...
