Day 229: This breathtaking lighthouse at the Kilauea Wildlife Preserve was my last photo-op before going to the airport to catch last...

Day 228: The Aloha Spirit is alive and well in Kauai. People are chill here. Nobody seems to care about staying in the lines when...

Day 227: It’s Wordsday in Kauai, and the words are SPAM ... not the junk mail variety, but the canned meat-like variety, and SHAVE ICE...

Day 226: What’s the first thing I noticed when we landed in Kauai? The place is overrun with chickens ... I mean feral red fowl ... or...

Day 225: This is Getaway Week, because I’m on the island of Kauai, The Garden Isle, and it’s definitely a get away for me. I’m typing...

Day 224: This week of ambling along Memory Lane has taken me past minty memories, lighthouse memories, neighborly memories , bookish...

Day 223: This is destined to be a memorable Smatterday, because it’s only 8:30 in the morning and I’m looking up at swaying palm trees....

Day 222: Twenty-seven years ago yesterday, we welcomed our second child into the world, and yesterday we boarded a plane with that child...

Day 221: It’s Book Lover Day and I’m boarding a long flight where I plan to do some reading and some writing. I have great memories of...

Day 220: I didn't make this up. I promise. Today is National Sneak Zucchini onto your Neighbor's Porch Day. Try making an acronym out of...

It is National Lighthouse Day. People are fascinated by lighthouses. Lighthouse memorabilia is one of the most popular and highly...

Day 218: I’m overrun with memories lately, so when I noticed that today is National Fresh Breath Day I had to laugh. My mother absolutely...

Day 217: The end of Grandma Wisdom Week is also National Sisters Day, which is totally appropriate in my life because my big sister is...

Day 216: Last night we spent quality time with our kids and grandkids watching a backyard movie under the stars! It was a comedy of...

I can't let the Wisdom of Grandmothers Week go by without a quote from my mother-in-law, who was THE grandmother to my children. She just...

Day 214: One year ago, today. My thoughts are filled with the events of exactly one year ago, today. The day we welcomed our grandson,...

Day 213: August is here! When I was little, August was one-third of the summer break from school. For June, July, and August, we were...

Day 212: It’s the last day of July! How did that happen? How does time go so quickly? The only time I am able to upset the space-time...

It has been a glitchy Monday morning. The tire pressure sensors in my car alerted that my right rear tire was low. Siri called two people...

Day 210: A Pioneer is a leader, a trailblazer, a forerunner, and a pathfinder. All of those definitions sound lofty and unreachable....