memoir

giving up, getting by

I have a younger sister turning the big 3-0 today! I hope she is comforted by the fact that Ray is forty now. I sure wish I could be spending the …

This settee belonged to my grandparents. After they died, my mom inherited it along with a table and rocking chair that went with it. Those three …

***** It's time to re-combine the colony of bees that we split about a month ago. Only one of the colonies ended up with a queen, which is exactly …

Sometimes, the last thing I want to do is leave the house. Okay, maybe most of the time. But yesterday, in the face of an empty house, and the …