There comes a time each year when my patience completely expires. It arrives at different times, but historically I don't make it more than a couple months into the new year before I exclaim to everyone and anyone who will listen that I am OVER winter. You would think that after 15 years in the [...]
Tag: mother nature
A hot boyfriend or a hot flash – I’ll take either.
Tonight I am hoping that Mother Nature has found herself a hot boyfriend. A boyfriend who warms the cockles of her sometimes chilly heart. My thought is that her Romeo will help forward my fervent wish - that all my garden plots avoid the frost. I am terribly saddened at the thought that my beautiful back [...]
Settling on juxtaposition…
Okay then...let's talk "juxtaposition." Did I just cause you to flash back to School House Rock's Conjunction Junction? That is what I think whenever I see the word "juxtaposition" all written out. I want it to rhyme with something and be part of a catchy jingle that I will remember decades later. I loved School [...]
The River Whisperer…
While I believe most folks realize we live on a volatile planet, I think we often get caught up in day-to-day life and forget how fragile the balance is between everything is all right and everything is all wrong. At any given time Mother Nature can turn areas upside down with little to no warning. [...]
I am so over that chick…
White fluffy snow - it is beautiful to look at and fun to play in. That concludes the portion of this blog that is going to present positive reflections on the value of snow. Everyone out there who is a tad tired of snow this winter raise your hand. Raise it high so we can [...]
And again we shall rise…
I am on a take-no-prisoners to-do list day, so let me keep this brief (but meaningful). 😉 I want to say something now to the F/M community and all our comrades - before we dive head first as a community into our third annual flood fight (we really do need to stop meeting like this [...]
Could you go a week without yelling?
Web MD sent me an email titled, "Could you go a week without yelling?" The email linked to an article that challenged parents to go a week without yelling at their kids. I could do that. I only have one kid here and all I have to do is open my mouth to speak to [...]
THE NEW FORTY 