Tonight, the Addison Book Club met on Zoom to discuss Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles which I wrote a blog post about on December 16....

The contagiousness has been unleashed! This variant created havoc for the 2021 holidays. Both my vaccinated and boostered sisters got it....

I — like most everyone else — am not good at making or keeping New Year’s resolutions. Normally, I resolve to clean out my overstuffed...

I have been to four Christmas parties and exchanged “white elephant gifts” twice. I got my Pfizer booster shot today. Couldn’t get it...

Thursday, December 16, 2021 – Simon the Fiddler “Simon the Fiddler” is a book the Addison Book Club is reading during the month of...

It is that time of year. I LOVE giving gifts, especially if I can surprise someone with something they want. One of my sisters is married...

The photo is of a handmade card I received from my friends Jennifer & Bill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They even sent me a lovely bundle...

The photo is of part of my collection of cookbooks. I have collected many over the years and can’t say that I have used many of them...

This is the time of year when church chancels and supermarket shelves are covered in poinsettias. It really is a spectacular sight....

This is a photo of one of the gifts I took to a white elephant gift exchange. I just bought a large roll of gift wrap at Sam’s Club. I...

I am going to a Christmas party tonight and another one tomorrow night. Both will have white elephant gift exchanges. The rules I have...

Today I went to a reunion of members of a former senior dance fitness class. The instructor moved to Corpus Christi but was back in town...

Writing checks is fast becoming a thing of the past, but some people my age still use them. I recently planned a catered Christmas party...

The photo is of the toilet in the bathroom in my primary bedroom. The top is off, and the tank is empty. It kept running after the flush...

The Addison Book Club met tonight. We discussed “Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan; I profiled it in my blog post on Nov. 13. I have been...

The phones in the photo are the new iPhone 13s. They come in midnight, blue, starlight, pink and red. I just got the blue one. I traded...

As an adult, I have learned to love sweet potatoes — not those sugary sweet, canned ones or sweet potato casserole with marshmallows, but...

I just walked around Vitruvian Park which is right next to my townhouses to look at the lights. Every year it wraps several hundred trees...

The photo is of green beans almondine. I made some today for my lunch. I have made it several times, and it is always tasty. I love the...

The photo of the doughnut looks just like the one I had today at the Addison Athletic Club. Periodically, there is a coffee and doughnuts...