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I bought this fried (yes, I know…not so good for my precious arteries) piece of chicken breast, to shred it and insert it in my delicious soon to be lunch salad.  But, surprise!  the piece of meat looked so diminutive that I was kind of disappointed.  I even surprised myself at my reaction.  You knowContinue reading “The chicken…and or the hormones…”

Sometimes even the best planned events or occasions in our lives can be met with one challenge or another.  I am in the initial stages of moving to another place, where I think…remember this…I think the grass will be greener.  But  also realize that greener grass takes a lot of fertilizer, lots of water, evenContinue reading “Que sera, sera…Whatever will be, will be…”

This was a quote from an article in this morning’s paper describing this generous-to- humanity woman who has gone on to her next journey. Just like that bumble bee I captured this morning on a Rose of Sharon.  There she was, Miss cute bumble bee going about her business of doing her part in the very elaborateContinue reading ““…has always been able to take nothing and make something out of it.””

In my last posting I came across as being a tad depressed.  We must remember about the Harvard “expert” in happiness that stated that if you don’t have any lows in life, you are either a psychopath or you are dead.  So I decided in my last posting to take my dose of low for theContinue reading “Me and my beautiful life…”

Ok.  This is an update to let y’all know that I am not depressed right now.  The post below was the drama queen in me that came out to express herself.  Read with lots of sugar and honey in your intelligent minds.  Thank you! Life is like a box of chocolate, someone said in aContinue reading “Thought I had it…but now I don’t…life saga continues…”

A studio.  Yes, that’s what I am considering right now.  Going from 1,500 sq ft to 512 sq ft.  My nerves are hitting the ceiling of my second floor.  I need to continue getting rid of so much stuff. Most of my beloved books.  But my train of thought is if I were to,  youContinue reading “Shrinking…not only in my physical persona…”

This morning during our daily walk, Miss Raylene and I were talking about issues we are dealing in today’s world that made us revisit what we stood for during our “rebellious days.” It made me ponder about what really do I stand for today.  Right now, I have taken a leave of absence, except forContinue reading “What do I…you…stand…stood for?…”

You know how my mind works…or doesn’t work.  I was really desperate in trying to come up with something to write about.  So I thought, why not continue with my saga about moving, packing, patching holes on the wall, donating galore of books to the local library with a heavy heart.  I love my books! Continue reading “Theme du jour…moving a-la-french…say what?…”

Well…it may depend on how old you are, what your situation is and one or two additional variants. For me today it was my two tool boxes.  Time to start filling holes on the wall, sanding the compound mix after it was totally dried, and then painting over the whole production piece.  Has to beContinue reading “A girl’s best friend…diamonds? Don’t think so…”

This was a sight from this morning’s walk.  From Miss Raylene’s garden.  A pot with assorted seasonal growings to delight the eyes of a passerby. This is a white giant hibiscus that came back from being dormant last Winter to delight our morning walks.  So purely white.  Lovely. And…I am moving…I am moving…to the condo thatContinue reading “A little bit of this…and a little bit of that…to get the weekend going…”