Friends, Sonya and Mac and their son Micah came over for pizza and Spades on Saturday night. We fixed two pizzas, the first with a basil pesto base, turkey pepperoni, onions, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives,…

The Christmas presents are open, my tree has been recycled, the New Year celebration has come and gone and I just reached a PW (personal worst)…five weeks since my last post. Christmas trees waiting to…

Last night we decided to get in the holiday spirit by participating in the lighting of the holiday trees in John’s neighborhood. John lives in an old, historic neighborhood and most residents have a real…

I don’t usually have a refrigerator full of food but a trip to the grocery on Tuesday provided me with a number of choices. Tonight a bundle of spinach caught my attention and I decided…

This morning I was up early to volunteer at my sister’s school. I spent about an hour and a half with some well-behaved 3rd graders and another couple of hours in reading class with a…