Last week was a really rough one for me. After a few days of bad news and seeing folks behave poorly, I had enough of humans. This was...

After mass on a very humid Saturday late afternoon, I decided to go out for ice cream. This was to be my dinner, which very much pleased...

Were you like me, ringing in the new year hoping that when waking up the next day, the new year would bring back years of the past? Of...

Since I last posted on my blog, lots of things changed in my life. I went back to work part time in an elementary school. It was a last...

Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears.(Jerry Bock & Sheldon...

Prior to my trip to Italy, I read up on traveling abroad. I purchased Rick Steves' Guide to Italy as well as researched online. Some of...

"A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles"-Tim Cahill A group of 43 people, mostly from the U.S., with a family from Canada...

On a clear Saturday afternoon, two sisters were together in Terminal C of Newark International Airport ready for a trip of a lifetime to...

Never underestimate what a placemat could do to someone's future adventures.

If you are somewhat knowledgeable of classic rock or a "Parrothead", you easily recognized that the title of my blog is the name of Jimmy...

"Made it Ma......On top of the world!" yelled Cody before the explosion ended his life and the film, White Heat. That was the James...

Sitting in the spare bedroom at my father's house in Florida, happy to be spending time with him. I am so enjoying the bonding and the...

Once again the world lost two very interesting people, ones who truly walked their walk: Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade. Much has been...

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, and a very Happy, healthy and wonderful Mother's Day to all of the moms. I know that my men will have special...

Tomorrow I hit a major milestone, my 30th wedding anniversary. Or what I like to call it, 30 on the 30! This brings a variety of emotions...

I have been spending lots of my time working on the changes going on in the homestead. Seems that all at once, several pieces of...

I recently took a trip down memory lane. Only it wasn't my memory nor lane. While visiting my father in Florida, we went out to dinner at...

So much to say about the absence. I can provide a multitude of reasons, excuses and blames. Yet the fact remains, I have been ignoring...

I know that it has been a while since I have been on my blog, but believe me, it hasn't been far from my mind. Laboring over my thoughts...