Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The Temperature IS Rising...but...The Heater Is Still On and Going Strong
March in the Mid-west is very unpredictable. The lawn-care people are out there mowing the lawn as if it were badly needed even though there was still snow on it in places yesterday and the trees are bare of leaves. I could not believe my ears when I heard the sound of the riding mower below my...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling...
The last year of his life, my Dad didn't talk. He had Alzheimer's Disease on a gradually increasing basis noted by him around age 75 and he tried hard to beat it. But by the age that I am now, he did not talk at all, lived in a Rehab and total care Nursing Center. Most of his days were spent in a...
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Sunday, March 15, 2026
The Wind is Really Whipping...
The sound of the wind is so loud and compelling that I keep looking out my windows to see what might be riding on that wind. I do see things flying by and the school across the way has flags on a pole whipping in the wind. In spite of all of that, our trees and the grass are turning green and Spring...
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Saturday, March 14, 2026
Snake Parade Saturday...
Saint Patrick's Day has always been great for the Snake Parade in North Kansas City down town area and I live just down from the main drag. There will be lots of traffic around here today. I love marching and music and fun....but no, I'm not going. I will check it out second hand after the revelers...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
Not Getting "Mutch" Done These Done...
I seem to be aging rapidly these days...especially in the zone of using the keyboard and other necessary parts of a Lap Top computer. It is so exasperating. I never really thought much about "hunt & peck" system of writing, but these days that idiom is so clear to me and it makes me not want to set...
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