I said ‘Bree, you’re doing that all wrong’. She just looked at me.

No, I’m not the Pioneer Woman and this is not Marlboro Man… …this is my version: redneck flyboy. Just sayin’. I think the drugs are kicking in…

Hubby needs to exchange the gift I gave him: an RC plane. If I’m going to be truthful, his needs and wants weren’t even a factor when I picked it out; my only thought was the inevitable look of surprise and happiness on his face when he opened it Christmas Eve. I got that, in [...]

From the office in Lombard… Yeah, I know… but we don’t see snow down here; it’s a novelty! Hubby says: “the snowflakes are huge!“

Not dead yet. And it will come as a shock, but I’ve been working. Nose to the grindstone and all that. It’s been a balm, especially with my other half in Chicago, where he’s enjoying a bit of snow. Of course, his rental vehicle is a Jeep Wrangler so there’s naught to worry over; in [...]

We already know that coffee can reduce your risk of Parkinson’s disease, cavities and colon cancer… but now diabetes? This is quite remarkable… A cup (or more) of coffee or tea a day could keep Type 2 diabetes away The study, which appears today in Archives of Internal Medicine, is a meta-analysis of 457,922 people [...]

I have *distemper. I am disturbed and depressed. My humors are most definitely not balanced. If I can write about it, there must be an upswing in the works. Plus, it’s a good sign that I haven’t sat unblinking in front of the wall today. Utterly, crushingly sad for no reason at all, I stare [...]

The papaya bloom closed up and now there’s a pod. …which of course reminded me of…

The fae folk were good to us last night… there’s a bloom on one of the papayas… …and of course no post would be complete without ‘the girls’… pictured here early this a.m., bristling at something. The dogs wanted out at 5:30a, so their willing slave obliged. Unfortunately, they were both in full hunt mode. [...]