Friends! Romans! Countrymen!

I awoke at 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday morning to a bright burst of light and an enormous KABOOM! arriving almost simultaneously. I jumped from a sound sleep to my office in a single bound, determined to turn off my computer before any damage from the storm could occur....

Little Mary Sunshine

I’ve been working “behind the scenes” on the upcoming Peninsula Players’ annual musical production. Since I don’t sing (in the shower and karaoke don’t count), and I’d rather write than attempt to act, I’ve put my talents to use promoting the show mainly from my...

Thwarting the onset of …

“They say” that if you keep challenging yourself to learn new things, utilizing the part of the brain responsible for mastering and retaining info, that there’s a better than average chance you’ll be last on the list for developing Alzheimer’s and a few other nasty...

Repurposing

Back during the “M” years (I was married for a short time during the 1980s), my then-husband decided he needed to build a woodshed so we could utilize the fireplace insert more often as our primary heat source. Little did I know what all that would entail: treated...

And what have we learned from this?

March 3rd, 1991. Anybody else remember what you were doing that day? I know I was glued to the television, wondering what on earth the world was coming to. By nature, I’m an idealist. I always believe common sense will prevail, and in my naivety, just assume that...