What the heck?

  • Have You Ever?

    May 20, 2021

    If you’re on Facebook, you’ll have seen all the many interactive surveys and questionnaires designed to entertain, amuse, and get…
  • Nerves of Steel (mush)

    May 16, 2021

    I come from a family who sings. When my brother and I were young, Dad would play the guitar and…
  • Sometimes It Pays to Be a Girl

    January 29, 2021

    A wild wind howls through the trees outside my window tonight as I tap out this tale. We just went…
  • A Constant Need of Improvement

    January 16, 2021

    As 2021 arrives, the entire world looks ahead with sincere hopes for better things to come. Amid it all, are…
  • A COVID Little Christmas

    December 13, 2020

    Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, Hot water was running as people washed hands. Each facemask…
  • Back in the Dark Ages

    October 30, 2020

    Buying a new appliance is an important investment. Especially since there are so many choices these days. When I was…
  • Missing In Action

    October 14, 2020

    Foxtail billowed around my feet as I closed the metal gate once Dad drove through. He was checking the livestock,…
  • All Decked Out

    September 18, 2020

    A chill is stealing through the poplars outside my window. It won’t be long before their leaves turn to shades…
  • Smoked Salmon?

    September 5, 2020

    “I can’t be late for my first day back to work!” I agonized last week, dragging a jacket over my…
  • Care to Dance?

    August 30, 2020

    With school starting soon, it got me thinking about one of the usual curriculum requirements for kids that likely won't…