Are you a morning person? I have a confession—I’m not. Oh, I spent 44 years getting up early for work, but now that I’m retired, early rising is not on my agenda. And I don’t feel real apologetic about that, because I’m most productive in the late evenings. I guess I’m not going to be…
What does it take to get a blog post written about the most important member of this family? It’s high time everyone gets to know the incredibly magnificent me, even if I have to write the post myself! So let’s do this thing! Come on in and let’s get acquainted. About Me I am a…
As our kids get older and start independent lives and families, they don’t always make it home for Christmas. It happens in the best of families. 😉 But this year feels a little (okay, maybe a lot) different because of restrictions not of our own making that may keep us from gathering all our loved ones around…
Ah, Fala, you stole my heart! I love my fur babies so much, but Fala has a special place. He was Richard’s and my first dog, and he and Cleo came when I really needed some inspiring pets in my life, though I didn’t realize it. When our younger daughter joined her sister in college,…
Just look at that face! Isn’t he the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Meet Watson the Brave. He inspires me just by being who he is and navigating fearlessly through the world seeing only with his heart. He is actually our granddoggie—he belongs to our daughter, but when she went to Australia for medical school…