Sheri at A Novel Menagerie has presented me with the Honest Scrap Award: This award apparently means that I blog straight from the heart. I am supposed to share this award with 7 other bloggers as well as share 10 things about myself. Ten things? Really? You want to know that much about me? Okay…if [...]
Posts under ‘Life’
Why Join Reading for a Cure?
Kate is 6 years old – an age when most children are carefree, playing with their friends and not worrying about what tomorrow might bring. But on Monday June 29th, 2009 – a day meant to be filled with summertime fun – everything changed for Kate and her family. A slight tremor in Kate’s hand [...]
One Year…
Today, one year ago, the blogging world changed. We said good-bye to one of ours – a person so unique, so warm, so giving…that it seemed impossible she could be gone. I woke up this morning and remembered my shock one year ago when I learned Dewey had died. One moment she was there. The [...]
Maybe HP Deserves 2nd Chance?
On Monday of this week, I posted this rant about HP and their poor customer service. I also tweeted it…and thanks to my loyal readers, that post rose from oblivion on Monday to page two for a Google search about HP and customer service yesterday. Apparently that got the attention of a lovely woman named [...]
Beware: HP Does Not Care About Their Customers
I am going to rant a bit here… I have always purchased HP products because I thought they were a reputable company, but my experience with them in the last week has proven to me that I could not have been more wrong about them. We had a power outage here in Northern California which [...]
Mt. Shasta Lavender Farm: High Desert Beauty
“Here’s your sweet lavender sixteen sprigs a penny that you’ll find my ladies will smell as sweet as any.” Lavender Seller’s Cry – London England 1900 Located deep in the high desert off of highway A-12, just 20 minutes North of the city of Mt. Shasta, lies a jewel glittering beneath the sun. The Mt. [...]
Not Just Reading…
…these days. My sister and niece arrived on the West Coast ten days ago and we had a great time. I met them in San Francisco and we spent a couple of days there before heading back to Shingletown. Despite the triple digit weather, we managed to do a lot more than just sit around [...]
Need a Smile?
…then watch this wonderful video where a couple married 62 years (he is 90 years old) put on an impromptu piano recital in the lobby of the Mayo clinic:
Six Years Ago Today…
Happy Anniversary, Honey, I love you!
Paradise
This is what I woke up to today (click on photos to enjoy a larger view): So Argus and I took a walk in the woods together…I think it made him happy; I know it made me smile.
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