I have a good electrician who also happens to be a nice guy. Yesterday, I broke a shade and when I went to the Home Depot to replace it, I bought another motion sensitive light for the back of my garage. I live in the country and it is really dark here at night. Since I have dogs that go out in t
...
03/09/2014
About a month ago, I wrote about Kao, a good dog in a bad place. Kao was waiting for a new home and staying with the head of my former rescue group. One day, this person decided his time was up and an appointment to put him down was made. A friend who works for the organization reached out and in
...
03/08/2014
It's been that kind of year. There is ice and snow around the country and extraordinary temperature shifts everywhere. In the north east where I am I don't believe there will be spring, just a shift to normal temperatures in May and then summer. I'm not big on heat but I do love to garden so brin
...
03/07/2014
Some weeks fly by, others not so much. This week has been one of the slow ones, dragging, tedious, and seemingly never ending. Deep breath. Okay so now it is Friday and the angst, chores and worries of the week are almost over. I think it may be the never ending cold and now at 6 degrees it is cl
...
03/06/2014
It has been a long time since I bought a gem, studied jewels or served on a jury but ironically all of these things have a great deal in common: judgment. There are few things that matter that don't call for judgment. Professionally or personally it is the ability to ferret out the truth and go o
...
03/05/2014
If you have ever been in this position you will understand. I have lived in my present new old house a year next week. When I closed, I was under construction for some nine months but that wasn't the worst. The day after I closed I had a freak accident that required surgery and a four month recup
...
03/05/2014
I like my phone fast and my courtesy ever present but I don't always get what I want. I am so sick of long and self aggrandizing messages before the beep. If I needed your resume and schedule I could have found it elsewhere. I just want to tell you something, and failing that, leave you a quick m
...
03/04/2014
Sometimes you can work on something for a very long time and think you are done only to find out you never finished the job. Think about it and you will surely remember the times in your life when you thought you were done and never finished. In work, as in life, nothing is perfect and most of us
...
03/04/2014
Of all the seasons I think I love spring the best. It offers a break from harshness and cold and offers sunshine and the hope of things to come. As a person who loves to garden it is a precursor to a season of flowers and green and all things fresh and friendly. I am ready to be able to walk my e
...
03/03/2014
Now that I spend a great deal more time volunteering and less time working for money, I am finding that some things are the same whether you get paid or not. There seems to be a pack mentality in my volunteer organizations and you sure are made aware quickly, who is in charge and that things are
...
03/03/2014
