Rocking Chair Reflections

Hello. I will skip the fact that Mother has another abcess on her gum, Marge's computer was struck by lightning and died a miserable dea...

First, just let me say that no, I will not be going to the 40th reunion in November. South Africa is quite far down the "where I want t...

The sounds of a home are what I hear right now - the woosh woosh of the washing machine as it cleans the bed linen, the whir of the tumble d...

The sun is shining. I went to pilates, and lived. And yet, here we are at 2 something pm, and the to do list has not been dented. I woul...

The failure of summer to show up around here this year is my fault. I just knocked over the sun umbrella which has been propping up the corn...

 My garden is slowing down - a sure sign that summer will be over soon, much though I do not want to admit it. I am at the yanking out and h...

I have NO idea where the past 2 days have disappeared to. Well, I do really - I have been obsessed with a little piece of electronic wizardr...

The weekend is almost here, and tomorrow is Saturday. I wonder what the day will bring...... Today feels like a Saturday too, actually. Th...

It is late and I should be in bed. The enormous envelope full of vital papers, covered with those horrible calculations are en route to th...

The fires still burn and my rage has not abated. Just so you know. Last weekend, I said that Saturdays were my favourite day of the week. ...