My Friend Amy Sent me a PSL Care Package from New York

My friend Amy is pretty awesome. I don’t think she hears that often enough. I don’t think she believes it to be true. So I am putting it on the official record. I have known Amy since at least 1975 so I should know. Recently, she asked me – oh so innocently – if i […]

Urgent Update: Local Pet Food Pantry Needs 250 Pounds Donated

Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry Supports 70+ Caretakers and Households Earlier this month, we informed you that the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry was almost out of supplies for our 70+ caretakers and households. We had to cancel our September distribution. You came through and donated over 400 pounds […]

Oh, my darling, knock three times

Today, I made my favorite casserole- chicken divan – along with a pile of brown rice. Today was a day. Laundry. Therapy. Blogging. Catching up with friends. Oh, I remembered to water the mums. Maybe relationships are like casseroles – you show me your recipe, I change something and share it back. What you consider […]

Sitting cross-legged on the floor 25 or 6 to 4

I stayed up too late last night and woke up late, the sort of late start that makes your crotchety and out of sorts for hours until you shake yourself back. I was late enough to have to reschedule an appointment with a very understanding medical provider. Coffee helped. It is the time of year […]

“Five Nights at Freddy’s Is this where you want to be?

I’m on my own for the next five days – just me and the cats. And the groundhogs. Raccoons. Possum.  A few noisy neighbors. Today, I had therapy, followed by a turkey sandwich piled high with lettuce. When I got up to get a napkin, Coco – the turkey obsessed demon – dragged it onto […]