There is an old adage that tells us, “If you don’t use it, you’ll loose it.” That pretty much describes why there is rust. Rust comes on when something sits idle, unused and then begins the trip into nothingness. A pile of rust. Something that will eventually be blown to the four corners of the earth. Forgotten. HA! I laugh in the face, the dusty red face of rust and that slide … [Read more...]

Learning is something I enjoy. I don’t shy away from learning to stuff new things into my gray matter, no way. But! Yes a cram packed “but.” I mean come on, by this time in my life you’d think I’d know all I need to know to get me through to the end of my times. Then something fun to learn will come up and my eyes get all glazed over, my ears perk up and my mouth leads the way … [Read more...]

I pay attention as I drive. Seeing all the oddities. Crows eating something off the road that left an unmistakable vibrant slide of unmentionable parts and pieces, until the very last moment when they hop up out of the way of the cars speeding towards them with horns honking. Like a crow knows what a honking horn means. Sorry, stepped in something and slipped off the … [Read more...]

Contrary to popular belief, the world is not small. It is big. Really big. I heard the other day that the moon is shrinking. Just where it is going was not addressed. Nothing was said about the earth shrinking. I haven’t experienced any shrinkage near or around me. Dang it, not even my waist. Must have something to do with the Costco blueberry muffins I keep a supply of in my … [Read more...]

Ironing is not a gig that 99.9% of people I know want to do. There is only one woman I know who likes to iron. She is very good at it and she uses her ironing time to relax a bit. That is just what I tried doing this morning as I was attacking my weekly ironing. It’s not like I have a lot. But. Yes a wrinkled and needs ironed “but.” HAHA I do have just a few basic items that if … [Read more...]

A shindig is best described as an event that will have a vast array of people, some of whom you know and some you don’t, all gathered together to talk, eat and celebrate something. Separate from a good summer bar-b-que a shindig isn’t about the food, it’s about why the shindig is being held. Oh there will of course be food. But! Yes a shindig kind of “but.” The celebration and … [Read more...]

I am pretty sure the first time I heard this very common line, “If I had a nickel for every time I,” and then it goes on with something that you do over and over and over again, it was my mom making the wish. Her life was so busy that I would bet those nickels would have added up to mountains of nickels. Yes, I have said it too. So me being me thought about all my nickel … [Read more...]

Speaking of spiders. Yes spiders. Once I stopped along the road to take a picture. On a lark. I sometimes stop and put on these fuzzy neon pink slippers and take pictures of them on my feet doing things that will involve where I am. Someday I will put them all together creating a giant pink picture of my silly travels. And that is where I saw the snake. Spider speak is coming … [Read more...]