When I was around 12 or 13 years-old and babysitting back in the mid-'70s -- yep, you read that right: I was babysitting other people's children, on the regular, at age 12 with…
My Thoughts
The order in which things are said, done or occur matters in many instances and in others, not at all.
It matters, for example, whether I put the oil in the saucepan and heat…
As winter sets in and temperatures drop, being warm and cozy starts to climb higher on my list of priorities.
Despite layering myself in warm wools for sleep (wool socks for sure, a worn…
Oh my goodness, but can I make some soup!
Yesterday, I boiled a few potatoes and onion in some beef bouillon and (the end of the tube) Vegemite, then pureed it all in my…
You may not give it much thought, but there is so much involved in getting those perfectly-shaped, blemish-free, robust-looking veggies to the store.
I know because they rarely emerge from the garden.
As…
When my father died a few years ago and left a muddled and messy estate behind, we desperately needed an estate lawyer. As the estates's personal representative, I asked a lawyer whose opinion…
Yesterday I had an appointment at an office that has quite a few patients come through in a given day.
Someone had come into the office before me -- whether that was…