Apr 1, 2021 | Reflections
I love words. Even so, certain words trip me up every time I need them. Confession: Throughout my early adult years, I misspelled congratulations—congrad-ulations. When the popular shortened version ‘congrats’ came into use, I had an embarrassing ah-ha moment. ...
Feb 18, 2021 | Reflections
If you’re reading this Reflection, you’ll know I won my latest battle with technology! Now you, my beloved subscriber, will see a photo and a few sentences of my latest Reflection—not just my name in your inbox. BORING! To accomplish this task required several...
Jan 6, 2021 | Reflections
This past Christmas, our holiday card simply stated, 2020 . . . What a year! What else was there to say? Family and friends were/are still worrying about the spread of the coronavirus and what 2021 might look like. Will they return to the office? Can they make ends...
Nov 19, 2020 | Reflections
The world has become increasingly self-sufficient since the beginning of Covid-19. Those who used their ovens for storage have learned to bake bread. Others dusted off sewing machines to make masks. When household cleaners were absent on the store shelves, people...
Oct 15, 2020 | Reflections
The well-known axiom—’an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ makes striving for good health seem so simple. Don’t we wish! The original quote goes like this—’Eat and apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.’...
Sep 10, 2020 | Reflections
September 16th is National Play-Doh Day. Play-Doh was first manufactured in the 1930’s as a wallpaper cleaner. When heating with sooty coal was replaced with natural gas, and then vinyl-based wallpaper came on the scene, Play-Doh was re-marketed as a craft product....
