Hug/Scratch/Love Your Cat
You know how we always criticize the greeting card companies for creating holidays? It ain’t just them. Purina has declared today “Hug Your Cat Day”. If you can’t celebrate today, someone else has declared the same thing...
Writing (Magical) Style
The other day, I was asked by a (very non-magical) friend why I use a fountain pen to autograph books. After all, there are many less-expensive alternatives on the market today. The answer to me was simple but it took about thirty minutes to...
Random Thoughts
I’m feeling very out-of-focus this week. Maybe because: I had to say goodbye to another cat Monday morning. Smudge had cancer that had metastasized. She was our mighty huntress, bringing in gifts she’d caught on the deck …...
Earth Day – Every Day
Tomorrow, 22 April, is Earth Day. I’m sure you’ve heard about it. If you haven’t, what rock are you living under? The first Earth Day was celebrated 22 April 1970, before many of my friends – and my kids – were born...
New Family!
World, meet Maksim & Misha. Maks & Misha, welcome to my world!
Not-So-Delicate Dogwood
When I first moved to Atlanta 25+ years ago, one of the first things that struck me was the beauty in Spring. I had never seen so many flowering trees and shrubs! All these years later, I’m in an even more beautiful part of the state and...
Herbal Skin Care
In the northern hemisphere, we’re all itching to get out of our winter layers and into T-shirts, shorts, flip-flops and for some, bathing suits. Here in north Georgia, you need about three wardrobes this time of year as Ma Nature vacillates...
April Fool’s!
Okay, I’m a day early. So sue me. (On second thought, don’t. I’m not worth the effort.) Now that the last of the tax sh** is off to the CPA, I’m starting my celebrating today. You see, I realized my lifelong dream of...
In Memoriam – Again
36 hours shy of three months later, Nick’s brother, Ivan, passed on. Both my boys are gone but I know they’re back together and Nick is giving Ivan a good bath … something they both enjoyed when they were on this plane.
In Vino Veritas
In wine [there is the] truth. Given that wine was the alcohol of choice in the early days (distilled spirits didn’t come to the forefront of drunkenness until probably around the 12th century CE), it makes sense that this adage was coined...
Ahhh, Maui!
Nope, you didn’t miss something last week. I was on vacation on Maui, thanks to a trip my husband won through work. Although it was really the wrong time of the year for an accountant to take off, who could pass up an almost free trip to...
World Book Day
It’s amazing what pops into the forefront of your brain when wasting time on Twitter. I just happened to notice the trend #worldbookday and a lightbulb went off – great idea for a blog post! If you haven’t yet noticed...