When I was a little girl, my brother and I would spend endless hours reading and discussing encyclopedias. Warm summer afternoons spent in a stuffy upstairs room, minds abuzz with all the wonders of the world. Those were happy hours, whiled away with my eldest brother, a year younger than myself. I think of them… Continue reading Home Alone
Category: February
February Entries
Snowing and Blowing
This morning I awoke to Diesel curled up at my feet, snoring to beat the band, and the wind howling and battering the house. It was quite a combination! We have blizzard conditions here at the little house in the city, a rare event! I jumped out of bed and headed for the thermostat, changing… Continue reading Snowing and Blowing
Saturday and Sunday
Saturday, January 31, 2015 Ah, here it is already, the last day of January, and the sun shone in the morning, then clouded over and offered snowfall this afternoon! We are experiencing another cold snap, both at the little house in the city and the country house. At the little house in the city this… Continue reading Saturday and Sunday
Future Shock
The credit card is the future shock in our little world. Purchases made now lie in wait, and will pounce in the not so distant future to devour every dollar and cent they can find. And if they are not fed their fill, they will lay claim to our unborn dollars. In Canada the interest… Continue reading Future Shock
Hemmer Foot
“In like a lion, out like a lamb.” That is what I always heard about the month of March. Poppycock! This saying has proven inaccurate every single year of my life, so my poppycock assertion is wholly anecdotal, based on a small sample size, me, and yet I believe it. March is to be a… Continue reading Hemmer Foot