Category: The Softer Side

I don’t know if others about my age have moments when they think back and kind of scroll through their life and have some regrets about what they did or […]

Have you ever wondered how a beauty shop gets its name? Well, riding shotgun in our truck as my husband, Don, drove us around Tucson this winter, the signs over the […]

I was talking to a nice (cute) young man who is doing a little logging here on the property. He was saying that he had to go to Richmond to […]

Thoughts……………….  There are a lot of eventful days in our lives which we will remember for all time or at least the time we have. One of those days, for […]

Here we are once again, December, and the upcoming Christmas holiday. Thanksgiving is over and it’s all about leftovers and pumpkin pie for breakfast. Now it’s the craziness of Christmas. […]

All families have traditions, some with food at different holidays such as there would be no Thanksgiving without green bean casserole or Christmas without eggnog. You get the idea, right? […]

A while ago, when the woodstove was going 24/7, which meant I couldn’t do any spring house cleaning, and we were dealing with mud season, I decided to do something […]

Before I retired a couple years ago, I’d ask my mom if she would do me a favor and [fill in the blank]. I’d undoubtedly hear her say, “I’m very […]

I suppose not all women would be so open about the loves in her life as I am going to be with you in this short writing. Right off the […]

Well, another Town Meeting Day has come and gone without a physical meeting to go to. It just doesn’t feel right. Let’s hope next year we’ll be back to normal, […]