Life, Love, and Other Dissed Emotions

He opened his eyes and they looked out at the nighttime darkness of a cozy room, but he didn’t even see that. The image before him was that ...

Our little guy has been slow to hold his own bottle. Here he is, eight months old (as good as) and trying to stand and walk on his own -- a...

The owners of the Rent-2-Own in Georgetown hosted a back to school festival. They combined a generous community giveaway with fun and play,...

Lately, as I try to clean my cabinets and get rid of "stuff", I've been thinking about hoarding and the struggles we have wit...

 We are looking for an other home, my husband and I. Age and health are making it difficult to keep up things where we are now, and those s...

The latest reports are out on the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) eradication of the Asian longhorn beetle. The numbers ar...

As you may guess, I'm having a yard sale. It's a time when I have to do something, and this is what I can think of. I never do well...

This summer may be as memorable for its Lawn Mowing Crises as it will be for its No Bathing scenario. When last we mowed, the riding mowe...

I'm becoming, I'm afraid, a borderline agoraphobic. No, I have become a borderline agoraphobic. The becoming I'm worried abou...

Sometimes it seems that the easier we make it to do things, the more complicated the resulting problems. I'm talking about machinery, l...

I've been looking into a program called the Ohio Benefits Bank. It's supposed to help the sort of people who fall through the cracks...

Yesterday I had an adventure with the toilet. I know that's not really enthralling, and probably something no one wants to hear about,...

At least I waited until it actually has been 2012 for a little while. Damn politicians and the media -- especially the media -- started back...

We are in the midst of our first winter storm. From the forecasts, it's got the potential to be nasty. A day of heavy rain, changing ove...