Onion Rings I love onion rings. Love them. Actually, I love anything fried but onion rings hold a special place in my heart. But there’s a problem with onion rings and I’m throwing this out for any entrepreneur who wants to start a new business. The one and only problem with onion rings is that […]

What Month Is This? I woke up this morning and looked out the window and stared in shock. Why? Because the world was white. Again. It snowed last night. It actually snowed. Inches. Yesterday the snow was almost gone. Some in the woods where the trees are thick enough that the sun doesn’t reach and, […]

Pandemic Personalities The pandemic has divided people into two groups. One group likes to be with people. The other group would be happy as hermits. I belong in the latter group. I’d make a good hermit. I loved moving to the wilderness where my neighbors were trees and wild animals. I loved the slow pace […]

The Other Side Of The Story The other day I listened to a podcast giving ‘the other side’ of a well-publicized trial. It was with something close to shock that I realized that yes, there actually was another side, one that the newspapers for the most part, didn’t report. Hearing the things that most of […]

I like butterflies. I was overjoyed when we noticed a patch of milkweeds on the edge of our yard and decided not to cut them because they are where Monarch butterflies live. We watch the Monarchs. It’s wonderful. But even as I am glad for Monarchs, I must admit that I prefer the other butterflies. […]

The Irish Top ‘o’ the mornin’ to ye all. I’m practicing my Irish brogue. When I was a kid, my father told me we were part Irish. Not much, he said, but I figure even a little bit is enough so I can wear green in March and talk ‘Irish.’ I’ll keep practicing.

Thursday — Questions How long will it take to get humans on Mars? This is not a rhetorical question. Not too long ago, I was gifted with a piece of property on Mars. I have a deed and everything and it’s posted on my wall, complete with the signature of the Official Land Registrar, John […]

Wednesday — People During the years that we owned a resort on a wilderness lake, our only neighbor was an elderly lady who owned many hundreds of acres of lakeshore, including a point that jutted out into the lake and was used by both fishermen and duck hunters as a place to stop for a […]

Yep, that woman in the picture could be me.   Or not. I’ve never been able to twist myself into a pretzel no matter how hard I tried. And believe me, I’ve tried, having taken ballet lessons for years until I realized that there are people who are born to be pretzels and people who aren’t. […]

MONDAY – ANIMALS I read an article about polar bears a while back that made it abundantly clear that polar bears are endangered. Not too long before reading that article, I read different one that quoted Canadian scientists who track the polar bear population saying their numbers are increasing and the bears are very healthy. […]