Day 249: The September Buzz...the teachers hustle! I have friends and family members who are school teachers. From pre-school to...

Day 248: The September Buzz! The students tussle. In our office, the first day of Fall Semester means sending off a jet-load of students...

Day 247: The September Buzz. Can you feel it? Like the bees gathering nectar from the end-of-summer bounty, September buzzes. It opens...

Day 246: Happy Labor Day! It is the day set aside to remember the people who built our world by the sweat of their brow; the factory...

It has been Notes Week in my imaginary Towel World, but in the real world, this week is known as Wakes Week, at least in the Derbyshire...

So far this week we've talked of napkin notes, birthday notes, clues-to-treasures notes, heavy-heart notes, and forerunner notes. Today,...

I've often made the claim that my mother was ahead of her time when it came to social media. She pinned thoughts, jokes, ideas, and...

Today is Grief Awareness Day. There's a little stab to the heart in that fact. A wince. An ache. Aren't we always aware of the grief we...

Day 241: My mother was known to leave me notes - on the peanut butter jar, on the refrigerator, on the mirror - a habit that continued...

Today is my sister's birthday. Aren't we cute? We rocked 1967, if I say so myself. I'm also digging the wood paneling and floral...

Day 239: There are several things I miss about sending kids back to school now that they're all married and out of the nest. There was a...

Day 238: This week we went Back to Normal, Back to Back, Back to Square One, Back to School, Back to Bed, and Back to Nature. To wrap up...

Day 237: Last night we went Back to Nature. A roaring campfire under a beautiful full moon was the perfect reminder to appreciate the...

The sound of rainfall should lull me to sleep, like one of the preset button choices on a white noise sleep machine, but lately that...

Day 235: It is Back to School week for many school districts. The yellow school buses are on the roads and kids are crossing at the...

The writing community has recently been sharing their rejections with the hashtag #ShareYourRejections. The stories weave through...

Today would be my eldest brother's 69th birthday. His name is Mark. Isn't he the handsomest young man? He was 15 when I was born, so I...

Getting back to normal is one of the great things about getaways. Sure, there are mountains of laundry to wash and sand in the corners of...

What a spectacular eight days we spent on Kauai, The Garden Isle. At its center is Mount Wai'ale'ale, where it rains 360 days a year. It...

Day 230: Is 18 your lucky number? If so, today is the day to use it, because it’s a palindrome (reading the same forward and backward)...