I always fall a little short on the number of books I’d like to read in a year. Sometimes, I feel good if I just manage to read one book a month for book club. This year, I did pretty well. Read all but one of my book club selections, read several bestsellers, and too …
Christmas is a day to spend with family and friends, to reflect on the magic and majesty of the season that comes even to adults. So what are you doing reading this blog? Christmas is a favorite topic for the writers of this blog. Click here to read all our posts on Christmas. Maybe these …
Snow. Snow is a four-letter word. Snow means cold and gray days. It means the hassle of wearing hats and gloves and coats and scarves. It means difficult driving conditions, car accidents and shoveling injuries that can wreak havoc in lives. I’m sad that we’re going to get frigid temps and a few inches of …
Who waits for Black Friday (now called “Thanksgiving evening”) or Cyber Monday? When I was working I did as much of my Christmas shopping on the Monday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving as I could. Maybe the prices weren’t as good, but the stores were less crowded. And that’s what mattered most to me—getting in and …
About a year ago, I was in line at the post office. When the woman in front of me reached the clerk, she asked about mailing human ashes. The clerk handed her a form. “Here, fill this out.” I was flabbergasted. The Post Office has a form for mailing cremated remains? Well, last week, I …
I love Rocky Mountain National Park. Although it is a day’s drive from Kansas City, I still call it “my backyard.” Precious national park.
Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays. As a kid, I suppose I enjoyed the candy. But even then, it was trouble to find a costume, and the weather generally did not cooperate. The one good thing about my childhood Halloweens was that Catholic school kids got the following day off, because All Saint’s …
