• Happy New Year
    Thoughts

    Looking Back on 2023

    This is my 73rd opportunity to move forward into a new year. I am grateful to be able to have another chance to be a better person, accomplish some more goals, and make a difference for someone other than myself.…

  • Sitting by the fire
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    The Electric Blanket

    Today begins the winter solstice but for most of us, we won’t notice or feel any different. We have warm homes and don’t slow down regardless of the outside temperature. Winter was not a happy time for me growing up…

  • Old One-Room Schoolhouse
    Thoughts

    Haunted Properties

    Recently, I saw two properties for sale in my hometown of Gainesboro, TN. Both hold memories for me, one of happy and the other of sad times. Reading the comments people make about both properties is most interesting. Some say…

  • Your Only Limit is YOU
    Thoughts

    Transferable Skills

    Today, I had the opportunity to speak to a professional group and selected Transferable Skills as my topic.  These skills are valuable regardless of whether you’re still working, retired, volunteering, or leading community activities. They represent who you are and…

  • Old Red
    Thoughts

    Old Red

    Letting go of things has never been easy for me.  For one, I did not grow up in a disposable environment.  Everything we owned had a second or third-order usefulness.  Clothes were worn until there were patches on patches, and…

  • Thoughts

    White Shoulders Perfume

    I’ve mentioned previously in my posts how I came to know about White Shoulders perfume & yesterday, I found a bottle of this luscious stuff at a resale store & just had to buy it. This perfume takes me back…