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Alive
In spite of utter devastation here in coastal Florida I am trying to carry on. I have not been with my husband in almost 2 months. He is still in a rehabilitation hospital, more on that another...
Coming Back
Are trying so hard to come back to you people. I’ve missed you. My life has become a shambles. there’s so many unhappy things I could tell you but in order for me to tell you I would have to revi...
Home is where the heart is
Me-ish
I need to lose 1 lbs. 6 oz. to be at my normal 126 pounds give or take. I can do this today after being on a two week cruise and home for the holidays. I consider myself lucky I take no credit a...
Ghost of Christmas Past
I just stumbled upon this in an old document folder on my phone. At the time this was written, I was so lost. My soul was damaged. I am better now. The day before my daughter was left for dead, ...
Days Like This
The whole Key West thing turned into a fiasco. I decided to cancel the Key West Express and not even go. I regrouped and scheduled a resort on beautiful Sanibel Island, a mere 2.5 hours south...
Trying to Chill...It’s Not Working
Before I write about the whole Key West fiasco, I need to chill. It’s been a mess and I will write about it hopefully later today. As you will see in the video, I am sitting out on the lanai with...
Someday
“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.” – Agnes M. Pahro
Baked Spaghetti Squash AuGratin
It’s another Pandemic lockdown Sunday. I’m doing laundry, reading, and generally just lounging around. I did get out of my Batman nightshirt and even brushed my hair. The scale was unkind to ...
Baking in the Age of Pandemic
. I’m still thinking about the baby in the medical building I’m pondering themes of racism, poverty, and isolation in Rhodesia caused by the system of Apartheid in a 1955 novel, The Grass is S...
Surreal
Surreal is the only word I can think of for this past Friday, Good Friday, only the second time we have left the house in four weeks. The first time was for The Great Brit/TGB (my husband) to s...
In This Moment
This morning’s gift from Mother Nature. In spite of life’s vagaries and uncertainty, at this one incredible moment when the Magnolia blossom unfolds, my world is beautiful.
Three Weeks & Four Days, But Who's Counting?
Actually, it’s been three weeks and four days that we’ve been in a self-imposed lockdown. Our days have not been much different than our normal days other than the lack of presence of people, ...
Desperate times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Lig...
Piece By Piece
Piece By Piece This post was originally written in 2013 and is moved here from my old blog. The moving process begins albeit ever so slowly. “To be bitter is to attribute intent and personality...
Blogging in the Age of Pandemic Redux
For those who do not have a Google account, I will cross-post my blog entries. Below is the first entry… Pandemic What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath — the most sacred of t...
Arghh!
This is why I’m crazy… I made a spill in the kitchen. When I went to grab a paper towel to clean up, of course He Who Shall Remain Nameless had used the last sheet. I said, “ “Hurry, I need more ...
Horizontal Line Break
Can anyone please tell me the code to insert a horizontal line break when writing an entry? Thanks
Harbingers of Spring
We’ve had our few days of winter here with nighttime lows in the 50s and daytime highs in the mid to upper sixties. First harbingers of our Florida Spring have just been spotted walking c down th...
A Great Time Was Had By All
Good Bye 2019
Beef Cake
I like my men with a little meat on their bones.
Self-Absorbed
I’ve been totally self-absorbed for the last few weeks. I had decided to just do whatever it was I felt I wanted to do at the time. I read…Beartown by Fredrik Backman, Us Against You, Fredrik B...
La Mer and Other Things
We spent yesterday on beautiful Anna Maria Island, our local beach on the Gulf of Mexico. It was a picture perfect day. Yes, the sky is really that blue, the clouds that white and fluffy. The...
Trying So Hard to Make a Comeback...Really
I struggle to express myself these days. I need to get back to the chronicled entries about my daughter. None of it is good. It’s soul sucking but I need to just get it up here and move on. I...
