Well, friends, I am in my usual quasi-frantic packing/organizing mode as we prepare to fly out to Wisconsin on Wednesday for a 5-day trip. We will leave our house and our Yorkies in Sarah and Gage’s capable hands.…

I realize that sixty-three is really not all that old. However, do you know what really makes me feel downright elderly? Having our grandkids stay over.…

Every morning as I leave for work, Steve puts his arm around me and prays for peace, safety, and health.…

Last Friday, I stayed home from work sick.  Saturday, I felt about the same, maybe marginally better. The logical thing would have been to have spent the entire day resting, but there was just one teensy, weensy thing standing in the way of those plans.…