It’s been a dark, cruel winter. Decades ago, Bananarama sang about a cruel summer. “Hot summer streets and the pavements are burningI sit aroundTrying to smile but the air is so heavy and dry” Just substitute out the word “summer” for “winter”. Such a word substitution captures the […]
This has been the winter of my discontent. This has been the dreariest winter storm. However, I have heard that “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” While I await the return of spring, I’ll enjoy some comfort food. A good stew. A good bread pudding. […]
Many people have asked me why I decided to go to Alaska in the middle of winter. Well, technically winter is a few weeks away. However, for the most part, we consider December to be wintertime. Anyway, many ask me why didn’t I come in the summer when […]
I tend to both like and dislike the month of November. My mom was born in November. That’s reason enough to love the month. The leaves further turn and a cold wispy air comes into play. That’s a good reason to like the month. Yet, November is also […]
Today, supposedly, we shall experience a harvest moon. And such a moon can be bright orange and tends to dignal that autumn is coming and it is harvesting time. And, we get to go pick pumpkins and the like. I love the fall season and, as such, I’m […]
The end of August is quite bittersweet. Autumn is soon to come and the foliage is beautiful. Yet, August came and went to quickly as it is the month of my baby’s birthday. Now, he’s a year older and I miss his previous age terribly. The end of […]
Currently, I have yet again, a sinus infection. It’s not my first. It won’t be my last. I tend to get sinus infection two to four times a year. Besides the pain, I also hate antibiotics. Right now my head is throbbing as I look down at the […]
I’m looking at the clock and thinking I should get up. It’s sunny. It’s bright. I think I heard a bird chirping. But I’m also tired and know the time has been sped up. The time is wrong. Daylight Savings Time is here to mess with me again. […]
Heard the chirping through the raindrops. Birdies flitting about as the storm gears up. The powering birdies won’t stop. They will ride it out in a pink teacup. The bare trees swing No twig to told onto A harbinger of what the day will bring Maybe it’ll be […]
I am going to admit something outright. I wrote the title of this post at around 1am. I have no idea what I was referring to or what thoughts I had planned to pen. I get it, though. There was supposed to be a big storm and it […]