I don't know why but I was compelled to listen to American Tune by Paul Simon this morning. It is a very fitting song for all the political/cultural...
I am not a big holiday decorator - just some basic things if I am feeling inspired to do so. I have noticed though the past few years that Halloween...
I continue to procrastinate on this big job. DH is not interested in managing finances so it falls on me to get all this together for whoever is left...
DH was in the grocery biz for much of his career and explained it thus. C & S who would be "buying" the closed Safeways (at least in this state) is a...
Random grocery and sundry items are noticeably higher - cat litter, pet food, deodorant, bleach, junk food. At least 25% more than a few years back....
I am no longer buying solely organic produce. The price difference between conventional and organic is often huge. I am no longer buying snack foods...
In my mind, masculinity covers a whole range of things. It is over the top macho behavior that I find offensive as it often includes a mean-spirited...
I am finding it harder and harder to find basic news stories online that are still free or if free they are targeted to one's searches, ie redundant...
Back in Austin, we had to stand in line at the funeral home for an hour or more to vote. I love that in Colorado I can drop my ballot in a box at the...
Go As a River by Shelley Read. A regional fiction based on the 1960s disappearance of a small town in western Colorado after a dam was built. It used...