I'm finished.  Finished with school, temporarily finished with work, finished with all those pesky things that demanded time away from this, the thing I used to like to do most in… Read More

Decided to take to the streets with my exercise routine this morning and hauled out my bike.  It had two flat tires and I decided rather than cursing the situation, I'd concentrate on e… Read More

You know how it sometimes kind of sucks to live in a small(ish) town? Where there's little opportunity, John Cougar Mellencamp? Where everybody kind of knows everybody?  But, then again… Read More

I was poking around a consignment shop yesterday looking for possible clothing items for a costume I was putting together (more on that later) when I literally stumbled across a couple of bo… Read More

Nikki May's photo.It was a very special week last week.  For one, there was a birfday in the offing, and, for two, Pippa's maiden voyage began the day after the big partay.  I'm no… Read More

I was awake in the wee hours last night and found myself flipping through the queued programs on my DVR.  "Oprah's Next Chapter" held an episode featuring David Copperfield.&n&hell…Read More

A starfish!  Much petted but still alive in the water off Tilloo Beach. Click on any photo to see a larger version.So, yes!  I went sailing in the Abacos.  Insert your fa… Read More

There are approximately one million things I should be doing right now.  Laundry.  Packing. Calling people. Test taking. Other Important Stuff.  None… Read More

(Click for a larger version)My orchid bloomed! My orchid bloomed!Okay, so it's not that exciting.  Says YOU.  But, still.(I'mwritingI'mwritingI'mwriting.)My clearance rack hab… Read More

I continue to work on the post that will tell the full story of deck structures at my house, but meanwhile, with the Moonflowers and Morning Glories and lots of other climbers up in the pots… Read More

I've written about about Tallulah's sadness at the loss of her big sis, but as pictured here, sadness for Tallulah is far and away the exception to the rule.  Here s… Read More

[Editors Note: This post follows on the one posted here.]Yes, friends it's...ANOTHER BLOG POST!Can ya believe it?I know all three of you are dying of essitement.  And well you… Read More

Read something brilliant today.  Right here.  Read More

The movie has a Christmas, 2012 release date.  And, yes, 3-D Read More

I had a great weekend with friends both old and new.  Friday was especially decadent beginning with a five-hour breakfast on my deck (inside and beneath a structure now known as "C… Read More

The last time I saw Donna Summer was, appropriately enough, on a hot Summer night at Memphis Botanical Garden, August 21, 2010.  And let me emphasize the hot part again. If yo… Read More

A couple of things:  despite the fact that my previous dialogue about camping trailed off here, my enthusiasm in real life for the past time has not waned. Just so you know. … Read More

For my Dad's birthday this year, in lieu of a fancy gift, (because who wants a fancy gift anyway--okay, don't answer that) I'm writing a little essay, an essay that's a month and change… Read More

Heading outAnd so I am back from Fall Creek Falls Tennessee. I had hoped to write about the trip much sooner upon arriving home (September 23rd), but as I may have not mentioned here, I… Read More

Now my dog doesn't just have a stroller.She has a modified, customized stroller.  Yah...  Read More

Chicken chili topped with shredded sharp cheddar cheese, along with salsa verde, and good old fashioned Premium saltines.I'm starting a new job next week and have recently become obsessed wi… Read More

I believe when we last spoke I'd said I was going to write about Ranger dog and, believe me, I have plenty to say about him (that endearing sumbitch), but there's been a Vacation--a&nbs&hell…Read More

Part two is here.  And so Pippii was ready.  We were ready.  I booked a campsite.  And that campsite was the eponymous Site Six.  Site six is, by far, the most… Read More

Part one is here.By the next day, I'd lined up a trip to Mayfield to check out a promising pop-up for sale there and we'd received a flood of tips on other campers for sale in locations rang… Read More

When last we spoke of my camping adventures, I wrote of a lovely trip to Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee, taken--could it really be?-- two years ago in our erstwhile pop-up, "Pippa"… Read More