07/31/2026

"I think my heart has

a favorite view."

~Wilderness Times

So enjoy sitting outside

my cabin . . . traffic on

one side and forest on

the other.

Slowly but surely, I'm

training my mind to

neither focus on the 

cars, nor even to hear

their noise.

I sit there, watching 

the trees swaying just a

bit in the gentle breeze.

The calm restores my

soul, the beauty restores

my hope.

So grateful to Mother

Earth for the peace and

beauty she brings each

day . . . 

Blessed be!

07/30/2026

"Friendship is a wildly

underrated medication."

~Anna Deavere Smith

My thoughts exactly!

One of the things I'm

most grateful for in life

is that I'm friends with

my children.

Then there are those

faithful few who remain

in my life for years and

years.

Not to forget neighbors

who turn into friends.

Methinks the term, lucky

in love, is referring to

friendships such as these.

I may just be the luckiest

ole gal in the universe!!!

07/29/2026

Little kid that resides

in my soul wishes it

were tomorrow already!

Alas, I have to go to

the dentist and there is

naught like it to bring out

young Miss Scaredy Pants!

And, we're supposed to

get three times the norm

rain today.

Okay, I'll stop bitching

now. Doesn't mean I'm

not trembling inside!

07/28/2026

My guy's b-day today.

We actually get to be

the same age for about

three months.

Alas, he is claiming 76

and I'm feeling about

176. Go figure!

He woke up all excited 

talking about ordering

pizza and having it

delivered by taxi.

Perhaps 'tis true we all

go a little nuts as time

passes by.

I find myself rather

liking this . . .

Happiest of all b-days

dear heart!

07/27/2026

"One of the simple

beauties of life . . .

You can choose any

day and name it the

beginning." ~A. Shea

Glorious bit of wisdom

to be found here . . .

Rather seems to me, 

we are so busy coping

with our daily lives, we

tend to forget actually

living!

Wise men from near 

and far daily remind us

to slow down and smell

the roses . . . 

 . . . or is it coffee?

All I know is I want or

need to learn this lesson

before I pass on to the

better life, as it were.

The lesson . . . over and

over . . .

LIVE! Don't just exist!!!

07/26/2026

OMG!!!

Ever so glad b-days

only come once a year.

I'd weigh about a ton 

and die whenever I 

had to stand up!

To the few sweethearts

who were able to come

yesterday, bless you and

bless you again!

Sooooo enjoyed each of

you. Fab conversations,

good food, wonderful

music.

Shall we do it all again

next year?

07/25/2026

"Your diet isn't just what

you eat. It's what you 

watch, listen to, and read."

~Modern Wisdom

Methinks we tend to 

forget this bit of wisdom.

I have nightmares and 

don't seem to recall I was 

reading a murder mystery 

before going to sleep,

I don't watch TV or the 

news, yet again, so enjoy 

my DVD collection of

murder mysteries.

Looks to me like I need

to do some serious work

and thinking about what

I'm putting in my brain!

Yikes . . .

07/24/2026

"I love, till my heart

is red as February

and purple as March."

~Emily Dickinson

Indeed, love is the answer.

Why do I keep forgetting?!

I sooooo love my children,

all seven of them. I love

and enjoy my besties. I care

deeply for my friends.

Frankly, this love I have for

them is the greatest healer

I've ever known.

On a bad day, I can sit out

and ponder this gift, and I

feel better forthwith!

I pray I may love 'til I am

called home . . .

 - - -

"Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's,

1886, poems are characterized

by their haunting personal voice

and ability to capture the essence

of people's lives. Emily wrote

about nature, spiritually, and art."

07/23/2026

"Hold fast to dreams,

for if dreams die, life

is a broken-winged 

bird that cannot fly."

~Langston Hughes

Today is my little bro's

b-day. We lost him at

25. So young and such

a difficult life.

He was blind and special.

His seeing-eye dogs made

his life better and easier.

In so many ways, he was

sweetest, kindest, bravest

person I have ever known.

I still miss him, yet I'm

ever so glad he's at rest . . .

07/22/2026

Fab memories of

yesterday . . .

Sitting on the porch

with friends, raining 

so hard it was . . .

 . . . unbelievable!

This year we've been

prepping for my guy's

76th b-day more than 

a tad differently.

We're doing a bit every

day, asking ourselves

if something is truly

important to be done.

Hopefully this means

we won't be dead at

his celebration!

And, his day is the 

only day it's not to

rain . . . wow!

07/21/2026

Feeling a bit sad as

'tis my dad's b-day.

Love of my life . . .

So, I'm taking a look

at FB and there is this

quote . . .

"I was gonna make a

salad, but we can't eat

lettuce, so I'm making

margaritas." ~CWpoet

Just made me laugh!

A much needed laugh

I must say!

It then occurred to me

that need a bit more of

that. I'm wayyyyy too

serious. Methinks 'tis

simply who I am.

So daddy, missing you

beyond the pale. Maybe

the two of us can share

a chuckle or two today.

Oh God, how I miss you . . .

07/20/2026

Fab day all 'round . . .

Kids came to brunch;

wish they could all

have been there.

Sitting together at the

table, eating enchiladas,

talking our hearts out.

We had a deer taking a

nap by the vardo. Then

later in the day, entire

herd of elk passed thru 

our driveway. One even

came in the yard to say

hello.

'Tis days such as this . . .

you know the true def

of happiness!

Sooooo good to be alive!

07/19/2026

OMG! Wouldn't you

know it . . . I fell down

yesterday!

I was taking an empty

bottle of bubbly to the

recycle; down I went! 

Methinks 'tis the gods

trying to keep me humble.

Been a faller my entire

life . . . and since I only

had my first drink at 37

I much doubt that has

anything to do with it.

Scratched and bloody

the bod over. Yikes!