Category: Musings

Snow days! When I was a kid, this was the BEST thing that could happen anytime from October until April! (After all, I do live in Iowa.) A free day to do WHATEVER I WANTED! It was like the calendar just stuck in an extra day with no responsibilities...

And then there was one. One dog in the house. Just one. One week ago I woke up to find dear Herky had passed away in the night. I had slept on the couch and he was asleep on Otto’s bed on the floor of the living room. I...

It’s been a tough week, folks. First of all, I’ve been dealing with a sick dog. Herky (the Boston Terrier) has developed an autoimmune disease that has caused his platelets to drop, leaving him terribly bruised all over, swollen, and occasionally peeing blood. (Sorry if that was TMI, but...

Sometimes I feel like a big old fake. I’m chugging along, acting like I at least sort of have it all together. I mean, I shower daily, I put on clean clothes each day and I at least present the facade of knowing what I’m doing. But here’s a...

Most of the time, the little things are really the big things in disguise. This is something that’s becoming more and more apparent to me the older I get. And something I need to be more cognizant of in my everyday interactions with others. Because you never know when...

Apparently "Sleep" is something I should just leave off my to-do list. It's just not happening. I'm also noticing many of my neighbors are just getting home at 2 a.m. They must lead WAY more exciting lives than I do. (And that's a-okay with me.)So this morning I am...

Friends, I’ve been up since 1 a.m. after going to bed at 10:30. If you have to ask, yes, it was those damn dogs again. This time it involved a LOUD Otto who had to go out and then proceeded to bark incessantly at what I can only hope...

I have to believe it's not irony, it's not coincidence, it's not just bad luck that the 9/11 babies are also the Class of 2020 graduates....