Swatting Bugs

Swatting Bugs

Historically I was never one for nature.  I loved all the creature comforts that AC, a bathroom with running water and a refrigerator had to offer.  I wasn’t the kid that never went outside, but I wasn’t the kid that asked to go camping either.  Camping in my world...
Family Historian

Family Historian

I have become my family’s historian by default after my mothers’ side of the family started to pass away.  Tubs of pictures, clippings and other items were passed on to my mom and then on to me. I was in awe and a little inundated with the amount of pictures and...
Morning Gratitude Exercise

Morning Gratitude Exercise

If I haven’t mentioned it before I hate mornings. Literally for as long as I can remember I’ve dreaded waking up in the mornings. I can still feel anger seethe from my skin when I recall my dad flipping on my bedroom lights before my alarm clock had a...
Running with Kevin Hart

Running with Kevin Hart

As previously noted, I am not a natural born runner.  I am slow at best, clumsy at worst…the bruising on my left knee can speak to it, trust me.  I have run the same way for about 20 years now.  I find the most colorful shoe a person can buy, cheap running clothes and...
Picasso During COVID-19

Picasso During COVID-19

So we all saw the online tutorials light up this past spring with our stay at home orders.  You could take a class on baking bread, painting, gardening, and crocheting…the possibilities were really endless.  But do you know why you and the rest of the...