every day's just like starting over
and that's not always a good thing
Since I was at REI yesterday to return a couple of things, I decided to buy some more bars to try in anticipation of needing snacks for backpacking this summer. Kangaroo had told me that the ProBar Meal On-the-Go bars were tasty, so I bought one of those, the Banana Nut Bread flavor. I also… Continue reading More Bars
Happy New Year’s Eve! I made this no-buy list last year, and boy, did I fail. Updates are in red. My 2025 No-Buy List Stuff to sell on Etsy until everything I already have has been listed. (I haven’t been concentrating on selling this last year, so I have bins of things to list.) Well,… Continue reading Nickels and Dimes Report 2025
On Monday night I was having a lot of pain in my abdomen and lower back, along with some other symptoms, so it was the consensus at about 7:45 that we should take me to the emergency department of our local hospital. I didn't get any photos for privacy reasons, but I will describe it… Continue reading E.R.
Rabbit Rabbit!! It's March!! Can you believe it? Time goes by so quickly these days! It seems like it was just yesterday Kangaroo and I were starting off on the Pacific Crest Trail, and it's been almost a year. But it also seems like a long time ago. Funny how something can seem so recent… Continue reading Happy March!
I got photos of some of our garden friends this afternoon, although most are a bit blurry since I had to zoom well in to see the little critters because I was inside my office. The birds have been enjoying the suet block and the squirrels have been very busy running back and forth along… Continue reading Garden Friends
This is something I hadn't considered, but a new post from REI that I received in an email today takes the idea of layering clothing to a different level. It never occurred to me that who you're hiking with might influence what you should wear! Click link below to read the post: The Social Side… Continue reading The Social Side of Layering (from REI’s blog)
Quote from last week's James Clear email (he is the author of Atomic Habits, a book I have but haven't read yet): "Many people are not ready for their lucky break when it comes to them.Develop your skills. Study your craft. Save some money. Build a network before you need it. Lay the ground work.… Continue reading Be Prepared
Based on Part 1 of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The mirror – it startles me. (I wrote this poem 12 years ago today. To say the mirror startles me now is an understatement.) It is an ancient, common tale,And we do not like to thinkThat our lustrous hair and… Continue reading The Rime of the Ancient 40-Year Old Person
Photo by Cheryl Casey (This post was written last month but not published. Of course, it is still just as relevant…) Many people have shared a Facebook post this weekend attributed to Morgan Freeman, encouraging us to forget the name of the person who attacked the school in Connecticut. His last paragraph says,… Continue reading The Clothespin Theory
In so many of the new kids’ cartoons there are classic culture references that the kids (and probably many adults my age) just don’t get, and when I see these I am compelled to ask my kids, “Do you know why that’s funny?” Today my son and I are were watching “Courage the Cowardly Dog”. … Continue reading Classic Culture Reference of the Day
every day's just like starting over 