I got back from my short vacation in Vegas a day late, which is why I didn't get the promised Monday blog written. When we arrived at the airport, there were at least 2000 people in the security line, but the crowd management was efficient, and we got through pretty...

I'm ready to go out the door, so I decided to take one more opportunity to write.The sunrise is lovely, we still have snow on the ground, and just a little while ago, I saw a lone coyote trotting by at the top of the draw. The wild turkeys have taken to the trees--I...

I just checked the calendar for the year of my birth.Turns out, I'm Friday's child, not Wednesday's!Now I have the rethink the whole thing, darn it.

I've always liked Wednesdays. They're not hectic, like Mondays, mundane, like Tuesdays and Thursdays, or oh-the-heck-with-it-it's-almost-the-weekend, like Fridays. I was born on a Wednesday, so maybe that's why I like them. Wednesday's child, that's me.What's special...

For buying presents?For decorating trees?For sending cards?Baking fruitcakes? (Okay, I know that one's a stretch. Who has time for such an enterprise in this day and age?)All these things are fine, but they do tend to obscure the Reason for the Season, don't...

My beautiful daughter, Wendy is offically engaged to a wonderful man named Jeremy. He proposed at sunset, on an ocean beach. Is that romantic, or what????

As I write this, looking out over the draw from the bay windows, I am again struck by the beauty of snow. The trees are all dappled with it, and there is a low-lying fog, promising more white stuff. It's cold and the roads are icy, but it's a stay-at-home day for me,...

I am an impatient person. It is one of my flaws, and I have all too many of those.I just hate to wait. Hope deferred, as the Bible says, makes the heart sick.Don't think I'm not grateful--I have been blessed with a career I love, and all the benefits that come with...

Even as I write, there are workmen in front of the house, putting up Christmas lights. It's very cold, and we have a light snow covering the ground. Tonight, we glow!This is just the kind of job I can't depend on None to do. He doesn't mow the lawn, take out the...

There's a skiff on the ground, and the sky is burdened and gray. Let the flakes fall!Why do I love snow so much? Well, admittedly, loving snow is something of a luxury, because I don't have to commute.To me, snow is sacred. It mantles the ground, like a benediction of...

Computers. They can be funny.Recently, thinking of joining a discount club, I filled out an online form, asking for pertinent information. I entered the usual name, address, phone number, along with my great-grandmother's lingerie size. (Just kidding, but sometimes it...

Today, the crew and I are getting ready to schlep food, dogs, blankets and relatives to the lake house, where we will celebrate Thanksgiving.May you be as blessed as we are.