My Way of Living [04/06/16] 

  • Taking the edge off

    It’s getting harder to see where I am going as I weave, and stagger slowly around the front yard. My stomach is growling, and my muscles are starting to protest, blurry eyes can barely focus enough to see detail in the darkening sky, I think I am starting to see double.There is a early spring mosquito dementedly buzzing around my …

  • Alzheimer’s is a thief

    My Mother In Law, Rose, a lovely, sweet person, succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease at 89 years old last week. She may have fought it for over 13 years, but Alzheimer’s had stolen her over a decade ago. She no longer recognized any family member, she couldn’t function, she couldn’t feed herself, or do anything that we take for grante…

  • Springing for a little color

    Rocky, the next door pup, eagerly looking for the Boo to scare the living daylights out of him. Since we just moved in here there have been no opportunities to plant anything, the ground was frozen, and there is still frost at night. But that doesn’t stop the gardener in me from picking up a few perennials each time I visit a stor…

  • Make mine green side up please

    He’s the muscle, andas boring as it must be for him to dig, spread, cut, and divide he’s doing a great job. I’m sure he would love to be out running, or lifting weights but he has pitched in with enthusiasm and maybe just a touch of charming inexperience. My husband, the wonderful guy who wheeled without complaint the 5 yards of s…