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I am sitting in the dark of the morning and pondering all the stuff one ponders – like who thought to call it "pondering"... It's thinking, isn't it? I don't have the answers for... — Updated 10/27/2021

It is fall. The leaves are changing in town now (out here, the grass is brown). There was even a day or two where the temperatures were an indication that autumn was here. Time for... — Updated 9/29/2021

Yes, I am still living. I am still doing stuff and burning the candle at both ends. Sadly, that means that anything that needs doing and requires my brain is usually skipped over.... — Updated 9/15/2021

I am trying to catch my breath, what about you? All the news as of late, the fears we carry and the worry of loss we bear - I am so upset by the ponderings and the presumptions that... — Updated 9/1/2021

I do believe I am in puppy poop heaven... or maybe actually it's the underworld of dead poop. Puppy training? House breaking? Are you kidding me? Last weekend, my husband's uncle fr... — Updated 8/25/2021

Oh my word!! Repeat after me: "Alice is a glutton for punishment." Did you say it? Now just wish me well and know I am losing my mind more quickly than normal! You see, we have big... — Updated 8/11/2021

Have you done the house purge thing? Most people do a room at a time. Well, not me. I decide I'm doing the whole house all at once... What in the world was I thinking? Actually, I... — Updated 7/28/2021

Well, how is our coffee on these warmer days? I love mine no matter what, but it sure is hard to want to have that hot love of mine get all up in my body when it's 90 degrees out.... — Updated 7/14/2021

Hello! Hello! Hello! I hope you had a wonderful celebration of our nation's independence or at the very least ate some great food at a cookout. We had some dogs on the grill and... — Updated 7/6/2021

Oh my word! Can you believe this weather and the green because of it? It is just fantastic. I no longer look out my window and see beige! We have Guinea fowl who have taken up as... — Updated 6/29/2021

Good, summer!! It is officially summer. Sweaty, sticky, and so disgustingly hot was all just our spring... Oh, you do have to wonder what is in store. I, for one, cannot wait. ... N... — Updated 6/23/2021

So, today we have some green in our field grass and weeds. Thank you, rain. Old Man did start to try to install a sprinkler system; his ability to do work like digging and that... — Updated 6/1/2021

"Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. That started from this mountain port, aboard this great big yacht..." It started like any trip, full of excitement... — Updated 5/25/2021

Hello, I am in my RV in a cute place called Ellensburg, Washington. We are camped for the night alongside the Yakima River; it is so green and pretty here, not beige like home.... — Updated 4/21/2021

Our big dumb baby dog is finally two! Happy birthday, Atticus! Who would have thought that the both of us would have survived this long, but we have. My fear, though, is this...... — Updated 4/14/2021

I hope you all have recovered from the egg hunts and you have all eggs accounted for. Don't want to have to hunt down some ugly stench somewhere down the line wondering, "What in... — Updated 4/6/2021

Easter – oh my word! I told you spring was coming, and now here she is. This year Easter is going to be different; I'm not just talking about the pandemic, I am talking about the... — Updated 3/30/2021

Hello to you. Did you survive the storm? I am sitting and writing this on the Monday morning after the blizzard, my windows are completely covered with snow and ice, I feel entombed... — Updated 3/16/2021

Sunday was my birthday (we don't need to talk about which one), and I woke up without any fanfare. I was up in the wee hours of the morning trying not to have any expectations of... — Updated 3/9/2021

Hey, it is March! Aren't you feeling a bit of hope for a warmer future? I am! I am so looking forward to anything being green again... Oh my word, this brown we have through fall... — Updated 3/2/2021

I have never been a fan of flying. As a daughter of a pilot and the mother of a plane captain, this is not a popular statement. I much prefer trains or the old-fashioned road trip.... — Updated 2/23/2021

Did you watch the big bowl game on Sunday? I did too. I watched the commercials and some guy running around in a lady's swimsuit who got tackled pretty hard. That was funny. The... — Updated 2/9/2021

Well, here we are in February already. Can you believe that? I always find hope in this month. January is just the hangover from Christmas and kind of depressing, right? You have... — Updated 2/2/2021

I hope everyone has sufficiently recovered from the holidays, both physically and financially, and has begun to enjoy the new year of 2021... We had such hopes for the turnaround... — Updated 1/19/2021

Merry Christmas (late) and Happy New Year from Tucson, Arizona. We came to Arizona for the warm weather and to see what it would be like to spend Christmas in the RV. "Why not?" we... — Updated 12/29/2020