A few weeks from now I will be in Paris. Those of you who know me know I'm a lover of Paris.  I cannot get enough of Paris. Paris and M...

  As a person trying to stay sane in a world gone crazy, i escape into books. Not every book works. And just because I start reading a parti...

The past several weeks have brought emotions that have kept us on a roller coaster like none we've endured in the past. On one hand, we ...

  Winter is the best time to find out who you are. Quiet, contemplation time, away from the rushing world, cold time, dark time, holed-up pu...

In case you think I've stopped reading in order to rant and rave against fat ugly hateful evil men in corrupt government positions, you...

 "Use the good china," she said, as I set out the teapot, the cups and saucers, the sugar bowl (with those wonderful cubes of Deme...

So here's my choices for today - A little song A good poem A fine picture A few reasonable words It's fair to say these things can c...

Edited - twice. Our little area of the world was not as badly hit as predicted, and not as badly impacted as others.   Roads are bad, as exp...