It’s not easy to describe me. I’m a multi-faceted septuagenarian with a lifelong archive of stories, loves, adventures, and experiences. Family is, and always will be, the driver of everything I do and why I do them. It motivates me to keep working and be the best Spouse, Mom, Mimi, and Mother in Law that I can be. I’m like a book of stories, each one different but never-ending, as I am still creating and adding to my life’s stories daily.

  • Thoughts

    House on Top of the Hill

    I have recurring dreams about the house on the hill.   It’s been 66 years since I was there, but in my dreams, I am walking the footpath that leads up to the clearing where the house sits among fruit…

  • Thoughts

    Hole in the Floor of Heaven

    The son went hiking a few days ago to take photographs.  It was an overcast, cloudy day & he sent me this picture of one spot in the clouds where some blue shone through.  I called it a Hole in…

  • Thrifting

    Dipsy Doodle Antiques

    I’ve mentioned that I live in two places.  I work & live in Jacksonville, Fl.  I  had plans to retire, so we bought a townhouse in Dahlonega, GA, to prepare for retirement.  So step one of the retirement plans took…

  • Holidays

    Mardi Gras Celebration

    In celebration of Mardi Gras, I decided to make a Low Country Boil.  If you haven’t made it or ordered this dish at a restaurant, it’s a one-pot recipe consisting of potatoes, corn, sausage (like kielbasa) & shrimp, all flavored…

  • Thoughts

    Happy Birthday Lile

    Some people you never forget. I’ve known Lile since the mid-80s when we worked together at a gift shop in Germany.  Lile was the manager & I worked evenings & weekends as a side job to my day job.  Besides…

  • Thoughts

    Cat Caravan

    I’m a product of the ’50s, so when we rolled over into the ’60s, I was a teenager & that became my impression-making decade.    The music was the best because you could understand the words.  The singers didn’t look…