Trying to simplify life, fewer to-dos, less stress…

We just need to relax a bit. I hit 4 pots of coffee a day, and that’s too much even for me. I’ve gone down to one. We had the annual conference with the bank guy…honestly, if your bank offers free financial/investment advisors, get one. Our guy is a...

Welcome to our new members!

I’ve put several people through today—and this is SOOOOO much easier, and really rather nice to get into communication via a letter, too. It’s snowing up a storm out there today—I ventured out for vegetables, blueberries and half a fish, but we...

Frosted-sugar morning…snow again

Even the quince branches were covered at dawn. Now they’ve melted. But the snow is starting up again. It’s going to be this way for several days. I went to the store and got food for several days yesterday. There is a warm fuzzy feeling about having food...

Curtains: it's curtains…

Actually it’s really curtains. My room is a wasteland in the decor department. I absolutely refuse to obscure the view from my window with curtains. But I had an inspiration. I’m getting a double rod for each window, the one I use and the one above my bed...