Category Archives: SEPTEMBER 2020

Our country needs more than just our vote. It needs our prayers. Last night’s presidential debate was so hard to watch and I pitied the moderator, Chris Wallace, who struggled to keep the conversation civil. Trump was in his usual … Continue reading →

Over the centuries people understood that hard work and long hours in the sun would age a body. Those who were well-to-do and had slaves or paid help to take care of mundane chores, aged far more gracefully. Women (and … Continue reading →

Many people have been diagnosed with depression. They are treated with drugs and convinced that they need “therapy”. They are given labels expressed in medical terms like bipolar, schizophrenia, premenstrual, psychotic, or postpartum depression, suicidal, anxious, seasonal affective disorder, and … Continue reading →

We take so much for granted. Many of us were raised with the notion that we must always strive to be more and to have more. In the striving, we pay no attention to the journey, to the everyday, sometimes … Continue reading →

Today I will be mailing in my voting ballot. There is no time to waste and I wish to be sure my vote is counted. Women have had the right to vote for only one hundred years. It took seventy … Continue reading →

I am not a carpenter, but in recent weeks I have had to teach myself how to do things that I have never done. Looking back, I realize that I have self-taught much of what I know, beginning as an … Continue reading →

Yesterday was officially the final day of summer 2020. Today marks the Autumn Equinox and the time for moving inward. The sun is moving away from us for a while, so we must say goodbye to the flowers as we … Continue reading →

There was a song by The Carpenters that became popular when I was growing up, with the lyrics, “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down”. This is what I like to refer to as a sappy love song. It … Continue reading →

My chickens are teenagers now, at sixteen weeks of age. Technically, they could begin laying eggs in another month; however I have been told that this will probably not happen until spring since we are heading into winter. My girls … Continue reading →

A month ago I needed to get outside in the garden early to do as much as possible before the heat became too intolerable. Today I must wait for the sun to warm the air because night time temperatures have … Continue reading →