Even at my ripe old age, there only ever was Queen Elizabeth. A Queen was not a side-piece to a King, a Queen could be in charge. Here are random bullets of my thoughts and memories on Queen Elizabeth In
Rebuilding My Life – Part Two
Tomorrow, I’ll see the School Patrol lines walk by my house on the way to the elementary school at the end of the block. It is the first day of school, in the St. Paul school district, which waits until
Rebuilding My Life
Ever since I was a grade schooler, there were certain things I always wanted to do or be: a writer a teacher a radio personality a reader I made movies in my head about me doing all these things and
Home Maintenance
With my husband’s decline into dementia, I was not prepared for all the home maintenance balls he had dropped along the way. A couple of weeks ago our power went off. Our typical response to an outage is to wait
Reading Reality
Something annoying and slightly disturbing has resurfaced in my reading. It started back in 8th grade when we had a class assignment to read “On the Beach”, the classic post-nuclear apocalyptic novel. It’s a great story, a little scary to
Vacation
Two weeks ago, a bunch of us Moms packed some clothes, and way too much food and drink into a couple cars. We were heading for Tofte, Minnesota, to spend some quality time with each other and Lake Superior. My
My March Organizing Journey
Here it is the last day of March. I’m feeling a little achy, but also a sense of satisfaction. I dedicated March to a major decluttering and reorganizing of MY spaces: the office I am writing in, a new sewing
“Alexander Hamilton” Book Review
Here’s what I wrote on GoodReads: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Finally finished reading “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow. It is a VERY good book, full of detail of the behind the scenes machinations of the early republic. I could
From the Depths of My Hard Drive
While looking for a copy of last year’s taxes, I found a Word document I created in 2014. I vaguely recall writing this document as a part of a series of writing challenges created by NPR. The intended reader is
Crowded House
The chicks are growing quickly. Yesterday the chick I call One tried to make a break for it three times. In the morning, One crawled out of the nest and perched on the edge, only to have Mama Bird swoop