Before I write today's post I want to let everyone know Hanno and I, and our family, are all fine.  I received an avalanche of emails ov...

All this talk of being a grandma has brought in a couple of emails from ladies who want me to write about empty nests.  I think this might b...

The rain fell all day and the longer it poured and the louder the thunder sounded, the safer and cosier I felt.  I was doing grandma things ...

This is on my mind is a Friday photo feature that anyone with a blog can join. It opens the door to us sharing our lives with these photos ...

I read a very interesting article in the New York Times last week -  Susan Jacoby's   Real  Life Among the Old Old .   It confirmed a th...

I'm always surprised by the number of animals and birds that wander into our backyard.  Some of them are having a stickybeak, some are j...

I harvested our small garlic crop in the middle of a torrential downpour last week.  It had been raining for over a week and when I walked p...

Well, here it is, the first full non-holiday week of 2011 and I'm pleased to be back.  ADDITION: I've just been told it's a pub...

I was asked to keep this quiet until family and friends had been told, now I can let you know. I'm overjoyed to tell you that Shane and...

A feeling of renewal always comes calling at this time of year.  The new year is looming, an old year almost gone and life is telling me to ...