Twice recently I made a stop with my car and slid. The ice underneath the snow makes it very easy to slip. I am wary, so I am driving slower and praying as I go. Losing control is not something

I was texting a friend the other day and the text came out different than what I typed. Every so often, I find a word gets inserted into my conversation. Sometimes funny, sometimes aggravating, it is usually not what I

I love giving. I think you could say it is one of my love languages. My only struggle is when you want to give, and you do it often, you either go in debt or you give small things. I

Not too long ago I bought a small mill and some grain and began making bread that way. I’ve been making bread for many years, but this process began a whole new way of doing it. It has been challenging.

I heard a man speak about having a silly song running around in his head. Try as he might, it wouldn’t go away. But then he explained how to get the old song out. He said, “Sing another song, one

I hired a person to clean the leaves out of my eavestroughs recently. It’s a pretty easy job and I’ve done it by myself all along. It means going up and down a ladder, which is also simple, except, when

You start to wipe a little corner where the dirt is quite evident. The only problem with that, is once you have cleaned the little spot, the rest looks worse; before you know it you have a major cleaning job

My little stray foster cat, Cleopatra is now a permanent resident. We’ve been together for about 10 months and it was going smoothly ‘til recently. I began to suspect she and I had company. Fleas!Needless to say I was not

A small shoot began to grow out of the stump of an apple tree I had cut down. It shot up quite quickly, then sadly, one day I found it lying in the grass. It had no root. It made

I was at the side of my house attacking the weeds recently. I am trying to discourage their growth, even though it’s fall. I think that will give the plants I want growing a better chance to take over. It