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Warm weather was here and I was finally enjoying my back deck again. The sun was out and there was a gentle breeze. I was busy admiring the tiny buds on the trees when my son Alex came out to join me. We weren’t really saying much to each other just watching the birds atContinue reading “SQUIRREL INTERVENTION”

My husband, Steven and I were picking up some friends to go out to dinner. We pulled into their driveway and they got into the back seat. As we drove out of the neighborhood Steven made a sharp turn and we heard something roll out from under my front seat. “Why do you have aContinue reading “ROCK COLLECTOR”

I was picking up some flower pots, that I’d thrown behind the shed last fall, when I noticed something wonderful. “Steven, come quick! You have to see this!” I called to my husband who was busy spreading grass seed over the bare patches in our lawn. “I’ve got my hands full at the moment.” heContinue reading “LITTLE BELLS”

My son Alex had borrowed my car to go pick up a few of his friends. When he returned home he dropped the car keys in my hand and said, “By the way, there’s a weird smell in your car.” “What kind of smell?” I asked. “I don’t know.” He stopped to think about itContinue reading “PINK SNOWSTORM”

“Has anyone seen my blue reading glasses?” I called to anyone in the house that was in earshot. No answer. “Come on!” I cried. “I can’t make dinner until I find them!” That got them all running. “Where did you see them last?” Steven asked as he magically appeared in the kitchen next to me.Continue reading “WHAT’S THAT SAY?”

“Do you want to go to a yoga class with me?” This question was coming from a friend who was always trying to find a new way to keep herself in shape. Of course my first thought was to say, “Heck no, I enjoy my extra pounds.” but I would have been lying so insteadContinue reading “BREAKING A SWEAT”

My husband, Steven walked into the kitchen to find me standing at the counter holding a handful of little yellow leaves. “It seems that I’m slowly killing it.” I said sadly. Steven’s sister had sent him a bonsai tree for his birthday. I was so happy when it first arrived. I read the card thatContinue reading “BONSAI BIRTHDAY”

I’d been locked in the house for almost a week with the flu. I’d been banned to my room, shades closed, my cell phone at my bedside table next to a water bottle that I kept refilled from the bathroom sink. The only person I saw besides my ‘friends’ on T.V, was my husband, StevenContinue reading “COMING OUT OF HIBERNATION”

I posted this piece a few years back in Two River Times. I know we haven’t liked this winter but…this one was much worse! http://tworivertimes.com/lion-in-hopefully-lamb-out/

I had just gotten home from work and went right to the couch to lay down. “Are you okay?” my husband Steven asked when he walked in and saw me laying there holding my stomach. “I don’t feel so good.” I whined. Steven stepped back a few feet, “Are you getting that stomach bug that’sContinue reading “SCOUTING FOR COOKIES”