Words like "always" or "never" are overly rigid so I try not to use them, but I'm never successful and always...

           This was my ninth year at the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge .  It's always been a somewhat frantic time for me ...

          Another successful year of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is now almost behind us.  The letter posts are done but don...

      I've never used the word trousers when I was referring to pants.  Who actually says "trousers" anymore?   It's one...

Younger Days          In documentaries about unearthed ancient cities--places like Pompeii --archaeologists are thrilled to fi...

Life is an ongoing treasure hunt.  Every day there are new treasures to be found if we just keep our eyes and minds open... ...

     We've all probably got a few proverbial skeletons in the closet, but when you've got real ones then that might signify a probl...

The volume of stuff in our house is not disproportionately frightful in the sense of hoarding--right now everything in our house could prob...

    I want my home to be like a book with pages to be read and lots of stories to tell.  And indeed, my home is like a thick volume that ca...

        Once when I was a kid someone told me to "collect my wits"--that's when I started my collection of Mad magazines and...

Say what you want, but whatever you say is your statement.   Please make it mean something or make it funny... A Statement Abou...

        I was just reading my Walgreens receipt.   They put a lot of information on those things.   And in two languages! My fi...

         Having to wait in line seems like an inefficient and uncomfortable way to do things.  A long line is essentially people clutter......

          I still remember when the grocery bagger would ask, "Paper or plastic?"   Now they ask if you brought your own bags o...