Post 36/2024. Rome City, Indiana. If I've said it once, I've said it untold times: time flies. I bury my nose in a book, do various projects around home, take walks, go to appointments, nap, follow the news, get groceries, visit with folks--September has already had it all as the month sails on. Here's a …
A beautiful time
Post 35/2020 Goshen, Indiana. On Thursday we had a rare early morning fog that dissipated as we drove to Sturgis, Michigan for breakfast with Jan and John and then an overnight stay at their home on Perrin Lake. After breakfast I had my first visit to a Scrapbooking store. I needed adessive for a framed …
We, too, wax and wane
Post 34/2024 Goshen IN. The super blue moon appeared on Monday, August 19. Another blue super moon is forecast for May 2027. The moon's next first quarter waxing phase starts on September 2 at 9:55PM Eastern Standard Time (September 3 at 0155 Greenwich Mean Time). The blue moon on Tuesday, August 20. The moon takes …
The potato salad please
Post 33/2024. Goshen, Indiana. The barbeques we've enjoyed this summer have been nothing short of smashing. Something grilled, something in a dish, something among the many desserts. We've relished lovely up-tempo fiestas with friends and family away and with company at home. These gatherings offer food for body, mind and spirit. Soul food. One such …
Doom-and-gloom? Nah.
Post 32/2024. Goshen, Indiana. Catastrophic weather, political upheavals, Coronavirus mutations, stock market volatility, nations in war-like conflict, you'd be hard-pressed not to think life is pretty unmanageable right now. Apocalypse? Armageddon? Nah. Certainly, there are serious matters afoot. The globe is not in a happy place. Hope, peace, fearlessness, lands flowing with milk and honey, …
‘I see.’
Post 31/2020. Goshen, Indiana. I'm posting a short, personal note. I had cataract surgery on Monday and the wonder is that I can see in the distance like I've never been able to do without glasses. All those corrective lenses from the wire frame glasses I once left hanging on a garden fence while we …
All things 4-H
Post 30/2024 / Elkhart County 4-H Fair / Goshen, Indiana. Nine days of all things 4-H gave fairgoers oodles to chose from. For starters: Parade through Goshen. Animals. Exhibits. Grandstand entertainment. Harness racing. Carnival. Commercial vendors. Food (75 vendors). One had a choice of many, many activities from the gates opening at 8am until the …
Doesn’t anyone stay at home anymore?
Post 29/2024 Goshen Indiana. Marianne stays at home in her senior community in New Hamburg, Ontario. She doesn't drive anymore. Eschews WIFI. Is happy to stay mostly put. Yet this nurse who practiced in northern Canadian regions and in southwestern Ontario and served with her husband Ray in Botswana, is as active as almost ever. …
Birthday celebration
Post 28/2024 New Hamburg Ontario. The weather portended a storm. We left a day early for the seven-hour drive to southwestern Ontario. Right choice. On Wednesday we sat inside at our destination and watched the rain, torrentially at times, tumble down. We came to celebrate brother Willard's milestone birthday. It was planned as a surprise …
Balancing Rocks and Weathering Storms
Post 27/2024 Goshen Indiana. For some it's a vacation. For others it's a holiday. Same thing. The English publication, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler (Oxford University Press, 1983), says, "vacation is in America the ordinary word for what we call a holiday. In Britain it is not so used except (often …
It's About Now 