Here I am again! ⋅ 67 ⋅
My husband and I are empty-nesters (finally! yaaaay!!), nearly sixty years old, and both of us work for our state's public school system. We live in the countryside in a rather humble little home with our dog, a sweet-natured chocolate Lab named Guinness. We are Wiccan and members of a large esoteric tradition called The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. Much of our lives are filled with going to spiritual events; much is also filled by spending time with our family, and enjoying the outdoors.
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Addlepated! That's us! in A New Beginning
My sisters often tell me about the absent-minded things they do. I ALWAYS relate to them perfectly well, and this worries me a bit because my sisters are 75 and 79 years old! I am only 60! If I...
Ha! Well now who woulda thunk that?! in A New Beginning
Summer is nearing its end, doggone it. Next Thursday is my first day back at work. To be honest, I could NEVER work and it would suit me. Only I’m not sure that’s right. I don’t think I would...
What time is it anyway?? in A New Beginning
I haven’t written in such a long time, it seems!! I was doing really well, too, until I took a break and then forgot to start up again! I think what happened was, two weekends ago we had company....
Who is Wise Enough? in A New Beginning
Of the people you know in your life, who do you consider wise enough to give you advice? This morning I posted a political rant on FB. This is something I don’t often do. There are already eno...
Damn Stinkin' Hawt! in A New Beginning
As my Grandmom used to say, “It’s just damn stinkin’ hawt!” When I refer to Grandmom I always ONLY mean my Mom’s mom, Anna J. Draper, of Smyrna, Delaware. My Dad, of course, also had a mom, Lucy...
The Deep Blue Sea! in A New Beginning
Soooo, for the past 4 summers or so we have had a big (for not-wealthy folks) blue pool. It was one of those softy-sided, frameless ones.....18’ around and deep enough to sit in and be covered u...
Up, Down, All Around, Toot-TOOOOOOOT!! in A New Beginning
My life is busy. I used to say “too busy”! Joe and I started out having widely disparate desires and needs for out-of-the-house goings-on. I could have been a hermit, and Joe liked to go, go, G...
Hot. and Weary! in A New Beginning
Actually, much as I hate to admit it, I am BORED today because I haven’t gone off gallavanting anywhere. I used to absolutely love stay-at-home days, but now I often feel like there was somethin...
Hmmmmm.....I don't know..... in A New Beginning
Sooooo I went to my dentist appointment and bought the expensive toothbrush because she seems to think that my teeth are gonna all come crashing to the ground if I don’t use it for four minutes, ...
Stoopid Stuff! in A New Beginning
Do you have any things you reeeeeaaaaally despise doing, that you “should” do, either because they’re good for someone else or good for you?? For me, going to the freakin’ dentist tops the list! ...
Gee, are we boring now?? in A New Beginning
I don’t really think that Joe and I are boring. But we have a lot of friends (in our Wiccan group) who have more money than us, and so they are always travelling. One of my covenmates is going t...
A Day to Myself! in A New Beginning
In my last entry I think I told you how Joe’s been off from work for two months and is going back to work tomorrow. Today he’s away pertneer all day to one of his coven’s events. I think that my...
Who is that masked woman??!! in A New Beginning
I am going to try to get back to writing here again. I should at least do well over the next couple months, when I’m on summer vacation! I am bored with FB and wanting to write things longer an...
And so. in A New Beginning
Joe’s brother passed away on Sunday. No one even knew he was sick until he sent us an email earlier in the week saying that he had been feeling fatigue and achyness since August and was going int...
All's right with the world....mine at least. in A New Beginning
Okay, starting out last week I had: a loose tooth (thank God not a front one!!) from eating a chicken EXTREMELY NON-TENDER from Redner’s....a spot on my big toe nail that I had read might be mela...
Let's elaborate on that..... in A New Beginning
In my last entry I wrote about how happy I am to be so outgoing now, since I was extremely shy for well more than half of my life. I think I want to elaborate on that shyness, and also the fact ...
So this is how it feels to be The Cool Kid? in A New Beginning
Sometimes I still can’t get over how outgoing and, well, popular I am now, at age almost-sixty. I was an extremely, painfully shy child and teenager and pretty much the same as a young adult. I ...
I am a Flapper. in A New Beginning
Sooooo, I am going to a Halloween par-tay tomorrow night at Seelie Court, but I am not really excited about it. I dislike parties. And I especially am not very het-up on this one, because Joe can...
A WHOLE FREE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!!!!!.....edit! in A New Beginning
I decided a few days ago that THIS weekend I am not going to try to plan any “sister things.” I’m not mad at my sisters. I just need some free time for ME. The past two or three weekends, any se...
Being Included. in A New Beginning
I’ve worked at the same school for six years. Three years ago I opened a new FB account in my “real” name because I wanted to be able to include my work friends in my outside-of-work life more. ...
I know that feeling. in A New Beginning
A very dear older lady friend, whom I admire very much, wrote recently that she feels overwhelmed. She is a great deal older than I am, nearly always in some degree of pain, and has no energy fo...
....just like a woman po-ssessed! in A New Beginning
Our new boss Jane unleashed a demon when she told us that, instead of our usual royal blue uniform tops, we can wear holiday or seasonal-print uniform tops ANY DAY THAT WE WANT TO. This has excit...
I just have to WRITE. in A New Beginning
Ugh, I have had another long-ish lapse in my blog-writing! I really want to keep writing here regularly, darn it. Well, the only way to write here is to just do it! So here goes… This morning we...
Why the heck can't I sleep????? in A New Beginning
Normally I sleep GREAT. I sleep all night long, no problem. If I get up to go pee, I have no trouble getting back to sleep. But then THIS WEEK CAME. I’ve had some really stupid dreams, which is a...
Makes me wonder what's up. in A New Beginning
I don’t know why I couldn’t have normal sisters, but then again, I suspect there are more “abnormal” people in the world than there are “normal” ones. ;o) My sister Sandy is a loner. She says so....
