It's been almost a year since my last rambling...I never wanted that to be the case. But here we are. Easter is fast approaching. Last year we had Easter at my Mom's house, with visiting family, Easter dinner, Easter egg hunt, fun and laughter. This year's Easter will be very different. My Mom passed away last August - I've already written about it. It still seems unreal. She went downhill rather fast (looking back it looks fast; living it seemed slower). I don't think

Here we are, in the month of March, the weekend after everyone in the United States - minus Arizona - set their clocks forward an hour, 'springing forward'. And it got me thinking: what would life be like if we - like our clocks each spring - could actually SPRING forward (or FALL back, as the case may be)? I started thinking of things I wish I could change from my past, and caught myself wondering what things in my future are affected by what I'm doing RIGHT NOW that might

I meant to post yesterday, the first of February, to make this more...I don't know...momentous? But then I realized: this is just a blog for myself and an occasional friend or stranger that might wonder in, so why am I making it such a big deal? A month after the first of the new year and I'm still pondering on what my 'New Year's resolutions' should/could/would be. I have many things I would like to work on or accomplish, but I feel that if I put them all on a list and say

Hi there, everyone! This is my very first blog post and I'm feeling spacey (reference to the title of the post). My son, Zachary, designed this website for me (my old mind was feeling overwhelmed and this was something right up his alley). He then told me that I needed to create a blog post to accompany the Christmas letter - hidden behind the password for safety - to make it "easier" for people to figure out the password in case they can't figure it out from the card. I ha