Yesterday we day hiked to Alum Cave in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was cold, snowy, icy, a little scary and a lot of fun. This is a teaser photo from the trail…

What is up with the frozen leaves? I forgot about my big leaf philodendron, outside in the summer sun. Meantime fall arrived, the leaves fell from the trees and January arrived. Yep, our nighttime temps…

Two days into “normal” time and I feel like I should be putting on my jammies at 6:30PM. What’s up with that? Running has been a drag recently. My mileage has dropped significantly and getting…

Today we celebrated another year in the life of a remarkable man, my dad. If you are counting, he is 85 and still going strong. My sister hosted a luncheon for family and a few…