“I am not funny. What I am is brave.” ~Lucille Ball If you never saw the episode with Lucy stomping the grapes, are you even an American???  Even though it’s been almost sixty years since I Love Lucy was on the air, it continues today to be one of the most watched and beloved sitcoms. So take […]

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself .”~ Emily Dickinson On my nightly walk home I thought it was just me alone with my thoughts, my music , and that Great Big Wheel of Cheese in the Sky (science is lie) but then my solitude came to an abrupt hault. Up until that moment, […]

“My goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived”    ~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias An all but forgotten athletic legend, Mildred Didrikson Zaharias, known as the “The Babe” is said to have been one of the greatest athletes who ever lived.  At a time when women were not viewed as legitimate athletes, Babe dominated […]

Reading Writing and relaxation. #love #reading #writing

Finicky little flower. The plant wants to be in the sun, however, the roots need to be shaded.

Thai crunch salad with peanut dressing. Yummy! Even the men in your life will enjoy it. Dressing 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter. 2T rice vinegar. 2T fresh lime juice. 3T oil. 1T soy sauce. 2T honey. 2T sugar. 2cloves chopped garlic. 1T fresh ginger chopped. 1t salt 1/4 t crushed red pepper and 2T fresh […]

It is 2016 and some people still don’t know RIGHT from wrong.  My employer was mad because I picked peas from her garden too early. So she told me to go and sweep the entire house. Seriously!  I’m not joking. So I did. And you know… I was whistling the whole time.

“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably…And never, ever regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the harbor. Catch the trade […]