"Date of birth?" "Seven, twelve, fifty-one." I quoted this phrase so many times throughout the final five years of my husband's life that sometimes I automatically started to say that instead of "Nine, sixteen, fifty-eight" when asked for my own date of birth. I would often be the "spokesperson" when we would be at his …
My father was a man of many talents, as well as many interests. Recently, his antique bottle collection has found its way to me. What you are looking at here is a very small sampling of the bottles I now have at my house. When I was little, my dad and my uncles used to …
And no, I did not find this recipe on Pinterest! One thing most people probably don't know about Mark Tracy is that he was a pretty good cook. He wasn't afraid to try new things, and he used to say that presentation was everything. That should explain the above photo. All kidding aside (wait, is …
Who would have ever thought? I don't mind telling you I have found this whole thing irritating, to say the least. As you can see by this pristine photo of my chin, I have never had kitty acne before. In fact, I had never heard of it until Mom started texting Aunt Gail, searching stuff …
Because drawing always makes you feel better. Now that Foster and Panda have shared their "year of masks" with you, I thought I would share my "year of drawings". Because it hasn't only been about masks. This past year was one of changes, emotions, and new routines. And one of the best ways I have …
(With my apologies to people who really know how to do math.) This is the note that started it all. (Teachers, beware: You never know how literally your students are going to take what you tell them.) When Mrs. Halley, my seventh and eighth grade English teacher, wrote the above note in 1971 or 72, …
All right, I've HAD IT!! Actually, Mom's the one who's "had it." I'm just helping out because all her photos are on her old computer and she hasn't figured out how to transfer them over to her new one yet. Thank goodness she has lots of photos of me in her WordPress image gallery! You …
At least I think it's Part 3... To be honest, I'm making this post in order to practice using the "new" WordPress Block Editor. I have been putting it off, and finally decided to try it out today. But I figured I needed to start with something simple, so since I had "Pets From the …
So if your washing machine is kind of old... ...you might one day start a load of wash, only to discover that your washer has filled up with water but will not agitate or spin. What you have to do is lift the lid up a little bit and let it drop down (often more …
So Mom decided to shred some stuff... You may remember from our post "Social Distancing With Foster and Panda" that one thing Mom has been doing while staying home is shredding stuff. With all this extra time on her hands, she decided it was the perfect time to organize. Or "declutter", if you will.I guess …