Forgetting about Normal

The last four or five years has been full of upheaval. Even before our house fire, when my parents moved out of our childhood home, there was a lot of stress and change. I have spent the last few years thinking “In just a few months our lives will be back to...
If a picture is worth a thousand words…

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

  …then it’s time to post one. This is Herb and Mom in the restaurant, the night before he had his surgery in 2009.   Tonight I finished transferring Herb’s Facebook posts to the WordPress site. I don’t have anything comparable for...

I could have written this paragraph

“Manufacturers and retailers prod us to make resolutions so we will then drop coin with them to buy things to help us keep these resolutions. Motivational speakers and preachers (hard to tell them apart at times) also encourage us to set goals for the new year....

The nerve of some people!

(Warning: this is not going to be anything spiritual. I need to vent!) I found this ad on Craigslist: 2007 Outback 28KRS-2 slides (Pennsylvania) Date: 2011-12-09, 7:50AM EST Reply to: [obscure-email-address@craigslist.org] [Errors when replying to ads?] 2007 Outback...