. . .Who passed away recently and my "Baby"-dawg-loving-heart will never be the same. A dawg that was more than a dawg. She kept me company over many weekend and weekly vacation stays as her owners took much needed time away from their work. We officially called her our "resident family guard dog" when she…

I remember when I was in first or second grade. We lived on Christina in Stockton. An aftenoon snack of snickerdoodles, oatmeal, or peanut butter cookies would often be waiting for the three of us when we came home from school. When mom made peanut butter cookies she would always ask if we wanted to…

celebrate our nation's birthday all of America is invited to the parade where sidewalks are thronged early with spectators dressed in various summer attire in the colors of red, white, and blue staking their claim for the best view to cheer on the marchers passing the road in front of them hear the local band…

keep showing up keep on keeping on keep learning, whatever your age keep life simple keep reading every day, to learn, to be inspired, for inspiration keep growing as a person keep laughing keep up with the news keep persevering keep multi-tasking mixed in with a little side-tracking keep it short and simple keep asking…

gathering around good food expressed in the care with which food is prepped to your only need to grab and go in the beauty of its simplistic presentation sometimes like impressionists, Monet and Menat, who were fond of savoring meals in secluded gardens choose to have your basket ready to travel and move at the…

. monday . tuesday . wednesday . thursday . fridaysaturdaysunday . (the "blink"-end) “wink-end” .morning!? what!? .I don't do mornings! .not until my face wakes up~ Don’t look! - my lips are naked . . . . . . without lipstick! ♥️ #listof10 #lipstick #mornings #mondaymornings #face #nakedface #nakedlips Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com