The sky is as blue today as I’ve seen it in a long time. Granted I have been holed up inside shivering and grumbling about winter. I opened the curtains to my office window. From the low vantage point at my desk, I wouldn’t know it wasn’t spring…except for the fact that the trees are [...]
What a great expression. “Butter me up”. Generally “to butter someone up” means to flatter them in an attempt to win favor, or to give them extra attention. This hints to the deliciousness of butter and how much people love it, if they consider being slathered in it as something desirable!
I prefer my butter on [...]
I love to play pretend with my granddaughter. She is 4. We play all sorts of things, like camping, complete with pretend fire and marshmallows and tents and sleeping bags. Or super hero. We pretend to fly around and get the bad guys. (GiGi doesn’t fly as fast as she used to!) Last night we [...]
I was up this morning before 5am. Peachy, our beagle/coonhound, woke me up to go out. I couldn’t get back to sleep. As I sat watching the day begin, I remembered many happy, very early mornings at Grandma Gilly’s and Grandpa Jack’s.
My sister Suzanne and I loved to stay there overnight. We were little. Probably [...]
My father, Michael, died when I was 28. He was a very hard-working dad who always had time to listen or joke around with us, when he wasn’t catching a nap. It’s been almost 20 years since his death. My sisters and I maintain a tradition that we call “Dad Lunch”.
Dad loved to get together [...]