Moving – It’s Not for Sissies

Moving – It’s Not for Sissies

I decided it was time to make a few changes. So, not being one to do things by halves, I dropped a bomb into my life and changed almost everything. All at once. It has been a mad couple of months. First I tried to sell one of my businesses. When that didn’t work...
Further Adventures in Washer Repair

Further Adventures in Washer Repair

If you’re a regular reader of my irregular ramblings you will remember the washing machine repairs undertaken last December. If not, you can read about it here.   As predicted, the problem resurfaced just a few days ago. The machine had been working great,...
Jeopardy and the Rounding Error

Jeopardy and the Rounding Error

The TV game show Jeopardy is advertising the latest on-line test to become a contestant. It’s coming up on March 28. My husband has been urging me to register and I’ve been “forgetting”. Last night I figured out why. It’s not that I was...
Schedule It and It Will Happen

Schedule It and It Will Happen

Not quite “Build it and they will come” but the best I can do on this Saturday morning. If you read back in my posts you’ll encounter a number of articles about play and at least one where I express my ambition to speak and teach on the subject. That...
Live Colorfully

Live Colorfully

A dear friend of mine purchased a floating home just about a year ago. When she purchased it the colors were a nice conservative  brown with white trim. Nothing controversial but also nothing particularly interesting either. For a lot of people this would be fine....
Did Something Die In Here?

Did Something Die In Here?

Have you ever found yourself trying to track down an odor?  That was me starting about a week ago. As I walked from the living room toward to bathroom I detected .  . .  something. Something not pleasant. Sniff . . . sniff, did something die in here?  It was faint and...