Live imperfectly, with great delight.

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.
~William James

Who You Gonna Call?

Who you gonna call?

Who you gonna call?

Last year we bought a washer-dryer unit. One of those skinny, dryer-stacked-on-top, units to replace one we’d been using since Atlantis was a super power. Funds were short but laundry will not be ignored. A Craigslist search and several phone calls brought us the new (to us) unit in [...]

Travels with Diane – October in Miami

Hands full in South Beach

I’m spending this week in Miami – lucky me. The photo was taken in South Beach – just as glamorous as it is on TV. The drinks are three times as big as they appear in the photo. Enough to fill large to go containers [...]

Travels with Diane – in her own words

Nashville to Sheboygan Falls

Nashville to Sheboygan Falls

I arrived in Nashville Fri before last. Spent the night and drove to Atlanta to see my friend Gwen’s granddaughter who’s attending medical school there.

My traveling buddies flew home on Monday and I had Tuesday to prepare to fly to Wisconsin.

I love it here in Wisconsin. Last year [...]

Travels With Diane – Oct 7, 2011

Day 7 - Bowling Green KY

Today’s report from the road came in shortly before 1:00pm this afternoon. Our travelers left Hot Springs AK, drove through Memphis TN and headed for  Tunica MS.

Why Tunica you might ask?  Apparently Tunica’s claims to fame are the casinos. Huge casinos. Huge casinos out in the middle of the cotton and soy bean [...]

Live Colorfully

Emily-paint-job

Testing the waters

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. However this person is an [...]

Motivation

Yeah - that's me!

Yeah – that's me!

Today is the second Saturday of the month. This means the warehouse is all swept out, all my tools are put away, the work table is clear, and the shop bathroom is clean. This only happens on the second Saturday of the month during the warm months of the [...]

Of Raspberries and Dogs

Big G

Big G ready for action

I have a dog. I have a cat too, but this post is about the dog. Geraldine (that’s the dog) is a Cane Corso, which is fancy for Italian Mastiff.  Mastiffs are known for their calm, serious nature.

Geraldine is no exception. She has her playful moments, usually [...]

Go Ahead, Play With Your Food

Lima-Bean

Don’t Play with Your Food

How many times have you heard those words? They were featured often in my life with Step-father #1.  Usually it was when faced with something I seriously did not want to eat.

Lima beans were a regular feature in the conversation. I hated lima beans; their taste, the texture, [...]

…With A Little Help from My Friends

SHUT0LE1

The confluence of serendipity and synchronicity have launched me on a new trajectory.

Hmmm – the trajectory isn’t really new. It is more accurate to say that recent events have opened my eyes to the path I am already tip toeing along and enabled me to believe I can walk it with assurance, authority [...]

Being Me

CHEERS4

Here I am at 60+ years of age (thank you, yes I know I don’t look a day over 55) and still trying to figure out what I’m going to be when I grow up. It’s a big assumption that I will ever actually do that – grow up I mean. All indications [...]