http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/There ought to be something of interest I can list after living for 72 years.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/651270The first day of Spring in my back yard leaves a little to the imagination and I'm really trying very hard not to show my exaspiration. Where's the green, where are the shoots? Instead of bare feet and shorts one wears wool scarves and boots when one outside cavorts. Where's the green? Where the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/650977Have you done your squats today? Research has found that doing squats will greatly increase your natural production of the "youth hormone". But, be careful when you squat. You have to do it right or you are in danger of meniscus tears in the knees. To take the stress off of the knees, you should...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/649925A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/649619Cars! You know, that "other thing" that women can't live with, and they can't live without. Women love their cars, but they just hate to have to mess with the maintenance and the problems that come with them. This time, it wasn't my Subaru, but in a way "Suby" was kind of involved. You see, Sis...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/649449It would seem that William Shakespeare has a take on just about everything. Between him and Mark Twain, one can find enlightenment on any subject. "And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath; and do not doubt but to hear them say it is a sweet comedy." ~...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/649286I must get into Son's bedroom and take the onion to my laboratory (kitchen) for testing only I keep forgetting about it. I'd go get it right now, but son is not up yet. I'm making a fresh pot of coffee hoping the aroma will seep beneath his door and draw him out to get some, so I can run in and...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/649016The JELÍNEK women were so cute and funny. One of them is not in the picture. That one taking the picture of the others is my mother. She looked just like the other two. They were three peas in a pod. The name JELÍNEK is a Czech name and in English, it means "deer". The three of them were always...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/648716A very beautiful and unique handwriting was my Dad's bent. He perfected it and used it as an aid to raising his children. Instead of yelling, threatening, repeating, his way was to write personal individual instructions on 3x5 index cards for each child, draw one of his cartoon characters for a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/647047How can one do much blogging when the Olympics are taking place and one is afraid they might miss out on something spectacular (like the Hannah Kearney's Mogul Run that earned her a gold medal)? Did you know that the Olympic Gold Medals awarded since 1912 are, in reality, gilded silver medals?...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/TAPS.3292/646888Being a long-time D.C. worker with a home on the Maryland side, Friend Wm. D. decided to spend the first winter of his retirement in a warmer clime. So, off he went to New Mexico, renting a house for the months of November, December, January, and February, assuming that by the beginning of March,...