Ron just completed his most recent yard improvement. Using a front end loader and his trusty shovel, he spent hours uprooting the trunk...

Taking a free, drive through COVID-19 test exposed my weaknesses as an old person. The free testing began at 7:00 am. After reading all t...

After months of staying at home because of Covid-19, I realize I have accomplished nothing of significance.

My first all day grandmother babysitting gig was Presidents Day. The daycare was closed but my daughter and her husband still had to work...

Over the past several years I have been regaled with pictures of OTHER people’s grandchildren. One theme is clear: they always seem happy...

I recently became a first time grandmother so I hauled out the portacrib I have been saving for 34 years. I was quickly informed by my da...

I am baking lots of cookies as I anxiously await the arrival of my first grandchild. So far I have made peanut butter cookies (the ones t...

My daughter Molly is expecting our first grandchild. A much younger friend asked if I planned to be a doula during the delivery. Doula is...

When friends ask if I want to see pictures of their grandchild and pull out their iPhone, I politely tell those 3 photos is my limit. I s...

I discovered jogging quite late in life. I was in my 40’s when I entered the 17th Annual Berryville, Virginia Turkey Trot in 1997. Many ...

I became pregnant with our second child in 1986. We chose not to know the sex of our first baby (Nick was born in 1985) but wanted to know...

The kitchen is done. The layout is the same and we did not need new appliances. These are the changes that make a huge difference: Painti...

My husband and I visited Richmond for the weekend as a Valentine’s Day getaway. One of our adventures proved heart-stopping. We innocentl...

Our kitchen has been re-floored, re-tiled, re-countered, re-plumbed, re-wired, re-painted and re-built. Now comes the hard part. I have t...

My husband assigned me the task of measuring a piece of wall covering for inside a kitchen closet. He gave me the dimensions and provided...

The biggest upgrade in our kitchen re-do is replacing the floor. Our current floor covering (the brick pattern) dates back to 1983 and t...

Ron has been working side by side with the two wonderful young men from Clean Cut Construction to remove cabinetry, install wainscoting a...

When husband Ron was demolishing his desk area for the kitchen redo, some papers fluttered to the floor. WHY I LOVE RON by Lyn Coleman in...

Recently I visited the tenth circle of Dante’s Inferno. Those of you familiar with the Inferno are now saying, “What? There are only 9 ci...