Aging
They Say it's My Birthday!
Jun 13, 2025
Lessons in Imperfection
Jun 9, 2025
Repercussions of the Flood
Jun 2, 2025
Grandma's Hands
May 29, 2025
Learning New Tricks
Apr 26, 2025
So Much To Do…
Apr 15, 2025
Let Your Inner Beauty Shine
Mar 27, 2025
The Rear View Mirror
Feb 2, 2025
The Continuing Saga of The Knocked Noggin
Jan 31, 2025
A Quarter of a Century
Jan 6, 2025
Seventy-One Birthdays
Jun 14, 2024
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Jun 13, 2024
Happy Humpday!
Apr 10, 2024
So Long, My Friend
Mar 29, 2024
The Matriarch
Mar 8, 2024
This is My Heart
Feb 24, 2024
Let Your Marriage Breathe
Feb 15, 2024
Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall…and a Great Cup of Tea!
Feb 13, 2024
Every Day Brings Sweetness
Dec 16, 2023
The Early Bird and The Late Bloomer
Aug 27, 2023
The Old Woman
Aug 14, 2023
Summer Solstice Come and Gone
Jun 23, 2023
Camping Critters
Jun 21, 2023
A Lovely Day at Home
Jun 17, 2023
A Storybook Wedding and a Monumental Birthday
Jun 13, 2023
An Abundance of Gratitude
Jun 2, 2023
Update on Operation Health Transformation
May 21, 2023
Marriage Advice and the Wisdom of Age
May 7, 2023
Ten Years Gone
Mar 12, 2023
Ain’t it Good to be Back Home?
Feb 9, 2023
Earthly Love Isn’t Perfect
Feb 6, 2023
The Matriarch is Gone
Jan 24, 2023
Organization is NOT in My Skill Set
Jan 18, 2023
What Doctor’s Appointment?
Jan 17, 2023
The Power of Being Older
Dec 12, 2022
Go With the Flow
Dec 2, 2022
Communication
Nov 14, 2022
Still Plugging Along!
Nov 10, 2022
Not What I Wanted to Wake Up To
Oct 22, 2022
The Great Spangled Fritillary and Happy Anniversary!
Oct 13, 2022
Working Without a Schedule
Sep 7, 2022
The Highs and Lows of a Day
Sep 3, 2022
The ‘ber Months Are Here!
Sep 1, 2022
My End-of-Summer Walkabout
Aug 23, 2022
“A Time of Innocence”
Aug 10, 2022
The Girls With The Grandma Faces
Jun 26, 2022
A Day on the Tractor
Jun 13, 2022
We Interrupt This Program
May 1, 2022
Manners are Important
Apr 27, 2022
Biscuits, Birthdays, and Bounty
Apr 10, 2022
My Body and Me or Monday Motivations
Apr 4, 2022
Let’s Talk About Anger and Redemption
Mar 29, 2022
A Short Attention Span
Mar 14, 2022
When You Find You’re Out of Shape
Feb 22, 2022
A New Week Begins and There’s Work to be Done
Feb 21, 2022
The Mysterious Moonlight and Helvetia
Feb 18, 2022
Facing Life’s Disappointments
Feb 7, 2022
Another Long Day
Feb 6, 2022
Devotions and Distractions
Feb 4, 2022
Thoughts and Feelings on a Cold Blue Winter’s Day
Jan 30, 2022
Let’s Talk Common Sense
Jan 10, 2022
So Long, Betty!
Jan 1, 2022
Heavy Sigh
Dec 18, 2021
Life’s Perfect Imperfections
Dec 8, 2021
It’s Palindrome Day! 12/02/2021
Dec 2, 2021
The Matriarch
Dec 1, 2021
Sitting at the Cool Kids’ Table
Nov 18, 2021
A Farm Fix!!!
Nov 17, 2021
The Queen of Soft Edges
Nov 2, 2021
What Happens When You Forget? You Forgive!
Sep 13, 2021
Listen to Your Body
Aug 15, 2021
It’s the Dog Days of Summer
Aug 13, 2021
Another Day…Another Doctor
Aug 5, 2021
The Creature From the Black Lagoon
Jul 26, 2021
The Mysteries of Neurodiversity
Jul 21, 2021
They’re HERE!!!
Jun 26, 2021
Positive Aging is a Mindset
Jun 15, 2021
Another Trip Around the Sun
Jun 13, 2021
On a Saturday Night in West Virginia
Jun 8, 2021
Getting Things Done and Making Big Decisions
May 25, 2021
The First Day of Spring...2021
Mar 20, 2021
Day 361: A Room With a View...and an Omission
Mar 13, 2021
Day 359: Adulting 101
Mar 10, 2021
Day 355: Tackling the Lists
Mar 6, 2021
Day 351: The Walkabout and a Missing Pie
Mar 2, 2021
Day 347: Fauci Ouchie 2.0
Feb 26, 2021
Day 331: Lost Time...Or Gratitude? You Choose!
Feb 10, 2021
Day 323: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Feb 2, 2021
Day 322: The Path to The Past is Long
Feb 1, 2021
Day 318: Lead with Love and Make Amends
Jan 28, 2021
Day 313: Camping with a Crusty Curmudgeon
Jan 23, 2021
Day 288: My Mirror Lies!
Dec 29, 2020
Day 279: Be Careful What You Wish For
Dec 18, 2020
Day 256: And Waiting Some More
Nov 25, 2020
Day 185: Come Healing...A Legend Gone
Sep 19, 2020
Day 176: Beans & Tomatoes & Pickles...YUMMM!!!
Sep 10, 2020
Day 169: Forever the ‘50s Mom
Sep 3, 2020
Day 167: The Longest Summer of my Life
Sep 1, 2020
Day 141: We Are All Different...Yet We Are One
Aug 6, 2020
Day 139: Fall Down, Fallout, Fall Over
Aug 4, 2020
Day 89: Way to Go! Pulling off a Great Birthday!
Jun 14, 2020
Day 88: Another Trip Around the Sun
Jun 13, 2020
Day 82: Mr. FixIt and His Cat
Jun 7, 2020
Day 70: Learning New Skills
May 25, 2020
Day 68: Call Lowe’s...I’m Building an Ark!
May 23, 2020
Day 64: What a Wonderful World
May 19, 2020
Day 62: When I Find Myself in Times of Trouble...
May 17, 2020
Day 55: A Different Kind of Mother’s Day!
May 10, 2020
Day 51: Saying Goodbye to Beni
May 6, 2020
Day 33: The Transmogrification of the World
Apr 18, 2020
Stroke of Luck or Gift From Above?
Mar 14, 2020
Remembrance Day v.7.0
Mar 12, 2020
Sweet Caroline
Mar 9, 2020
It’s “Feel Good Friday”...Let’s Get Moving!
Mar 6, 2020
When You Know It’s Time
Feb 29, 2020
Uncharted Territory
Feb 25, 2020
No Luxury of Losing It
Feb 23, 2020
Avoiding the Medical Treadmill
Feb 22, 2020
My 2:00 Musings
Feb 15, 2020
Love is All There Is
Feb 6, 2020
Boys Don’t Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses
Feb 5, 2020
My Mother’s Daughter
Feb 1, 2020
Belated “Feel Good Friday”
Jan 25, 2020
B.A.L.D.
Jan 14, 2020
Seeking Comfort in an Uncomfortable World
Dec 31, 2019
Christmas Comes Early
Dec 22, 2019
A Good Kind of Tired
Dec 14, 2019
Winding Down the Year
Dec 12, 2019
It’s Feel Good Friday
Dec 6, 2019
Grief + Time...Still = Grief
Dec 4, 2019
Ok, Boomer...
Dec 1, 2019
Black Kitty, Black Friday
Nov 29, 2019
Tuesday Truth: When You CAN...Step Away
Nov 26, 2019
Refill Your Cup
Nov 24, 2019
A New Approach to Winter
Nov 14, 2019
What’s on the Shelves?
Nov 13, 2019
Shelves of Memories
Nov 12, 2019
Walking Among The Headstones
Nov 10, 2019
Time Travel
Oct 26, 2019
Coffee with Wanda Belle
Oct 23, 2019
Forever 62...
Sep 10, 2019
Let Things Go
Sep 8, 2019
Soft Hands
Sep 5, 2019
The Other Side of Fear
Sep 4, 2019
The Tug of War
Sep 2, 2019
Dining Alone
Sep 1, 2019
A Thousand Dragonflies
Aug 26, 2019
I Miss My Camper!
Aug 22, 2019
Do You Remember When.....?
Aug 20, 2019
Bowling Season Has Begun
Aug 19, 2019
“Let The Sun Shine...”
Aug 18, 2019
There’s Babies Everywhere!
Aug 16, 2019
The Metamorphosis of Grief
Aug 15, 2019
The Farm is Failing
Aug 14, 2019
Nana & Papaw & Baby Boo!
Aug 8, 2019
No Worse for the Wear
Aug 2, 2019
Abundance
Jul 29, 2019
One of These Things is Not Like the Other...a BABY!
Jul 28, 2019
A Glimpse of Heaven
Jul 25, 2019
One Small Step
Jul 21, 2019
Revisiting Memories
Jul 13, 2019
Hail, Hail...The Gang’s All Here!
Jul 5, 2019
The Mother-Daughter Dance
Jul 2, 2019
America’s Bread Basket is Baking!
Jun 30, 2019
Travel: Lotsa Learnin’ Goin’ On Here!
Jun 29, 2019
The Simple Things
Jun 24, 2019
Vacations: Past & Present
Jun 21, 2019
Early Bird Special
Jun 17, 2019
Happy Birthday!
Jun 13, 2019
One Hour & Thirty-Five Dollars = A Haircut
Jun 6, 2019
Finding my Father
Jun 5, 2019
Praying for Others
May 28, 2019
Rainy Days
May 5, 2019
Uncle!
May 1, 2019
The Weight of the World
Apr 29, 2019
Goodbye...For Now
Apr 27, 2019
A Good Tired
Apr 17, 2019
Memory Recall
Apr 11, 2019
Getting Healthy
Mar 30, 2019
From Wounded to Awakened
Mar 20, 2019
A Visit From Aunt Flo
Mar 19, 2019
Are We Raising Strong Kids?
Jan 31, 2019
Johnny & Jaxx...A Story of Devotion
Jan 10, 2019
My “Other Mother”
Dec 9, 2018
A Long Goodbye
Dec 2, 2018
Living in a Small Town in the Hills
Nov 6, 2018
My West Virginia Sisters
Oct 23, 2018
The Harder Side of Love
Oct 16, 2018
Last Love
Oct 15, 2018
Plan B
Sep 30, 2018
A Man of Honor
Aug 26, 2018
Hindsight 2.0
Aug 9, 2018
Out of Order
Aug 8, 2018
Hindsight
Aug 7, 2018
Gathering the Bits of Me
Jul 11, 2018
A Line in the Sand
Jul 9, 2018
This Man KNOWS How Old I Am
Jun 13, 2018
The Importance of Getting a Mammogram
Jun 9, 2018
Hello, June!!!
Jun 1, 2018
Endings and Beginnings
Mar 4, 2018
Grandmother Faces
Feb 25, 2018
My Funny Valentine
Feb 14, 2018
On Being Loved
Jan 16, 2018
True Love Has No End
Dec 31, 2017
Throwback Thursday
Nov 30, 2017
It’s Small Business Saturday
Nov 25, 2017
My Accidental Love
Nov 21, 2017
It’s Just a Phase
Nov 17, 2017
The Long Goodbye
Nov 15, 2017
Letting Out Your Inner Child
Nov 14, 2017
I Spy With My Little Eye...
Nov 4, 2017
The Promise
Nov 3, 2017
The Art of Aging
Oct 29, 2017
How Far Have We Really Come?
Oct 27, 2017
Turning Back Time
Oct 23, 2017
Free Spirit
Oct 11, 2017
The Beckett Brothers
Sep 7, 2017
Road Trip: Day Twenty-Seven..."When Your Mom Dies"
Aug 3, 2017
Road Trip: Day Fourteen..."My Person"
Jul 20, 2017
Road Trip: Day Ten..."She Is My Crown"
Jul 16, 2017
When "I" Becomes "We"
Jul 1, 2017
There is Hope
Jun 22, 2017
? Will You Still Need Me? ?
Jun 13, 2017
Shooting Stars
May 28, 2017
The Art of Aging
Apr 8, 2017
Country Kitchen
Nov 13, 2016
Just Passing Through
Oct 17, 2016
A Note to my Younger Self
Oct 11, 2016
Soul Talk
Sep 30, 2016
The Comfort Zone
Sep 22, 2016
Happy Birthday, Mr. Virgo!
Sep 10, 2016
The Conversation
Aug 27, 2016
Broken & Mended
Aug 14, 2016
"Hi...I don't know your name either!"
Aug 13, 2016
Looking Up
Aug 7, 2016
When the Lights Go Out
Aug 6, 2016
Silver Strands
Aug 1, 2016
Bridging the Gap
Jul 27, 2016
Cowgirls
Jul 20, 2016
Magic Moments
Jul 17, 2016
Speak!
Jul 15, 2016
Mirror, Mirror...
Jul 9, 2016
The Power of Song
Jun 22, 2016
Stellar Day!
May 26, 2016
That Girl
May 20, 2016
Passages
May 7, 2016
Crone
Apr 28, 2016
Finding our Better Selves
Apr 26, 2016
Looking for Mr. Virgo
Apr 19, 2016
A Grandmother's Hands
Apr 16, 2016
Burning the Candle
Apr 6, 2016
Strive to Thrive
Mar 7, 2016
The Granny Girls
Jan 31, 2016
No Greater Love
Nov 25, 2015
Love...and Chocolate
Nov 21, 2015
Into the Sunset
Nov 10, 2015
On Aging
Nov 6, 2015
Harvest Time
Sep 21, 2015
Laying Low
Sep 6, 2015
The Girls
Aug 21, 2015
Travel. ie...Home is Where I Park It
Aug 13, 2015
Pickleball!
Jul 25, 2015
The Front Row
Jul 16, 2015
Storms
Jul 11, 2015
Remembering the Grand Adventure
Jun 22, 2015
Glory Days
Jun 16, 2015
Forever Young
Jun 8, 2015
And...it Begins!
May 29, 2015
Capable
May 24, 2015
From My Mother's Hands
May 23, 2015
Good Vibes
May 1, 2015
To Date or Not to Date?
Apr 18, 2015
Camping Season
Apr 17, 2015
Happy Birthday, Moon Pie!
Apr 2, 2015
Unlearning
Mar 8, 2015
A Simple Life
Feb 6, 2015
Just Say No
Jan 15, 2015
Ashes to Ashes
Jan 6, 2015
Fragility
Jan 4, 2015
Born to Sparkle!
Dec 30, 2014
"It's Christmas Time in Heaven"
Dec 20, 2014
Poignant
Dec 17, 2014
Changing Feet
Nov 30, 2014
Let's do Lunch!
Nov 24, 2014
Keeping Young while Growing Old
Nov 23, 2014
Beauty is in the eye...
Nov 1, 2014
Oh, How Times Change
Sep 2, 2014
My Tribe
Aug 14, 2014
Anchors
Aug 11, 2014
Growing (B)older
Jul 6, 2014
It's my Birthday!
Jun 13, 2014
New Shoes
May 19, 2014
Age is Just a Number
Apr 29, 2014
The Widowmaker
Mar 11, 2014
Growing Up
Mar 7, 2014