With the thoughts and smells of Thankgiving still lingering in our house; I knew when I awakened this morning that today was meant for the Christmas tree hunt.  After a good breakfast presented by the head chef of our B&B, I headed out to prepare the SUV for tree hunting.  Back seats folded flat-check; personal junk removed for the hunters-check; a ( Read more... )

I am still trying to grasp why millions (maybe billions now) of us in the 21st Century world believe we need to write our thoughts and ideas down in an electronic journal (e.g. blog); or in 140 character bursts (e.g. twitter); or Txt one another (e.g. cell phones) instead of using the spoken word.  But so often I am finding myself doing all of ( Read more... )

 I can't believe that another Independence Day (July 4th) has come and gone.  I chose not to take in a fireworks display this year, not that I'm not patriotic...just reminds me too much of the war in Iraq, the conflict in Afghanistan and the loss of lives, both soldiers and civilians.  I am thankful that my youngest son returned safely from his