My cousin and I were sitting on the wall that ran atop the dam that formed a man-made lake in the crevices of the hills. This was the beautiful backyard to the home she and her family got to live in because of her dad’s job. We had straddled the wall, facing each other, and…

While we were still living in Ohio, my kids and I spent the day at Kings Island. We braved the lines and rode every ride they offered. Roller coasters being our favorite, we jumped back in line over and over and made our way through the park. The simplicity of the design of Drop Tower…

Circa 2002 2017 In the blink of an eye.

Back when we were still living in crazy ass Florida, there was a daily downpour. It could be the clearest, brightest, bluest, cloudless day imaginable but, come 3 o’clock — torrential rains. First came the fat dragonflies, then the rain — every. single. day. Guests were often shocked by the punctuality of the afternoon storm….

In no particular order except for Colin Firth: Colin Firth Justin Trudeau Keanu Reeves Gerard Butler Adam Lavine Bradley Cooper (alternate, because my #1 is international) Apparently, I have a type! Don’t we all?

Flashback to 2016, telling my dad about our upcoming trip to Italy … Me: We are hiking up Mt. Vesuvius. My dad: That volcano is still active, ya know?! Me: Yes, but unlike the people of 79 A.D., I’m not going to stand there looking at the plume wondering if the Gods are angry. I’m…

When a participant writes an unpleasant, bossy, or snooty inquiry about their account, I respond with: Your inquiry is important to us.  I am unable to locate the account with the information provided or there are multiple listings under the same name.  So that I may review the account and provide accurate information, please respond…

When Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace released in 1999, we were living out in the boonies of Tooele, Utah. My son was 3 years old and my daughter was just 6 months old. My husband was working long hours and making the long drive to and from work each day. We were…

It has been 1,980 days since my husband successfully defended his Doctoral dissertation and earned his PhD. 47,521 hours ago he told me that I needed to call him “Doctor”. 2,851,202 minutes ago I told him that he must have lost his mind. After 171,072,009 seconds, this is the best he can get out of…

I’m not going to get all preachy and describe what I learned from each. Suffice it to say, the encounters, however brief, stuck with me all these years. —————————— ~The kid I liked in elementary school who stuck his tongue out at me from across the playground when someone told him I liked him. ~My…

The original picture, with a big fat finger in the shot because “old people don’t know how to take good pictures”: The same picture, edited by my son to remove the finger: He thought the sky looked too vast and boring so he added this: After tRump won the election and his buffoonery became more…

Oh, sure, autocorrect! You help me out with “ostentatious” but when I accidentally type “fyker,” you got nothin!