On a discussion forum that I participate in, my friend Robin recently asked this question: “Which is more important? (only one) Honesty Niceness I know it’s ideal to be a combination of both. I hope we are all striving to find ways to be honest and kind. But – when things get tricky and tensions …

My son is a senior in high school. Wow. Before you know it, he’ll be movin’ on down the line. I bet I’m not the only Mom of a high school senior sitting here scratching her head, wondering how in the world THIS happened! I’ve been living in denial in quite a while, and while …

Do you see what I see? Look carefully at this photo my dear husband shot of beautiful downtown Nashville. They’re he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-re. Doesn’t it kind of look like the aliens have landed? It’s just the Bridgestone Arena. Kinda cool, huh? I love the juxtaposition of the old and the new, the rural and the urban, temples …

Chocolate Zucchini Cake is the very best use of your leftover, unwanted zucchini. Because as we all know, it’s the time of year when gardeners are paying their friends to take some of the zucchini they’ve grown off of their hands. Now that I’ve got your attention….   The Fiasco BEFORE Making Chocolate Zucchini Cake …

So, I told you it was coming, and sure enough, it did. No, I am not referring to Hurricane Irene. (Which, oddly enough,  I did not predict.) I refer to my husband getting kicked out of rehab. Cardio rehab. They like to call it Graduation Day. We like to call it: all insurance will cover. …

AND a super exercise to help you do them! To all my faithful male readers: The blog post is ended. Go in peace. Thanks for stopping by, and I promise to try to never embarrass or throw you out like this again.  (Actually, you’re welcome to stay if you like. This COULD happen to someone …

Easy Basil Pine Nut Pesto Recipe : A bit of butter gives this recipe amazing flavor! This is the best pesto I have ever had, whether served to me in an Italian restaurant, or purchased from a store, or homemade!   Basil: The One Thing I Can Grow We don’t grow much here in the …

Continuing on in my reading of Luke, yesterday, I picked up Luke chapter 6, and here’s what I read in the first eleven verses.  Wheat image from here.  1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some …

 I went to a funeral on Saturday. It was the funeral of a man I have known since a I was a baby. He was a dear friend of my parents, from their college days. He was a kind man, quiet, but brilliant, with a delightful sense of humor. If ever a man lived with …

There’s one born every minute. And no, I am not referring to a spike in the deer population. I reference, of course, that famous quote by P.T. Barnum, that great American showman, businessman and scam artist, he of the Ringling Brothers, and Barnum and Bailey Circus Fame. Barnum is the often quoted source of the …

The man has the heart of a Bison, my husband does. He did GREAT!!! (On the stress test I told you he was going to have yesterday.) He’d want you to know all the facts and figures, because he is, as we all know, the hardest working Man in Rehab. About two weeks after heart …

  The hardest working man in show business. Image from here. My dear husband, The Big Bison, is one hard working man. Yet, he’s spent three mornings a week, all summer long, NOT working on his job, which is writing and producing music. Instead, he’s been working on an even more important job: driving to …

We can get so hung up on our own external judgment system, can’t we? As you look at your fellow man, do you ever find any of these thoughts running through your mind? Do you ever wonder if he/she…. parents the “right” way (whatever way we think that is)? drinks alcohol ad nauseam, to the …

This morning, I was reading from the gospel of Luke, chapter 5, verses 17-26. Back in February, I read a comparable passage in Mark, and wrote a post about it. But as is so often the case, whenever I go back to read the Bible, I find it meets me (or should I say He …

See the happy couple? They look so happy, don’t they? Happy, happy, happy. You’d think they were happily celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary, wouldn’t you? On their way to a less than happy anniversary dinner. Well, they were. And they weren’t. I started the day by knocking the very full Aeropress Coffee press that was …