In October of 2020, my dad died from COVID. Dad was the Emergency Management Director of his county, and so he was constantly on the front…
As a gardener, I love plants. All sorts, really, but especially pass along plants – plants given you by a friend or a neighbor, plants that…
When we were looking for houses to buy, we had a hard time explaining to the Realtor what we wanted. It wasn’t as simple as “We…
A friend who is between jobs told me the other day that she had really curtailed her discretionary spending. “Well, except for the pajamas.” “The pajamas?”…
I went tree shopping today. We live on half an acre, in a former suburb. The house was outside the city limits when my neighborhood was…