At the end of June, my family and I took a vacation for the first time in several years. We divided our time between Philadelphia and Gettys...

 One thing I love to do in the winter is feed the birds. A side benefit of working more from home this year is being able to watch them at l...

If you've been anywhere on social media in the last week, you've probably seen the cutest creature ever from Star Wars: The Mandalor...

Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers, both fragrant and fleeting. Every spring, I go on a orgy of flower-sniffing. There's a park near ...

My family and I took a few days off last week to go to Milwaukee. I know it's not a glamorous destination, but we didn't have enough...

I mentioned back in May that my family was interested in joining the 501st Legio n, a Star Wars costuming organization that makes appearance...

Tomorrow is my tenth wedding anniversary. (My husband and I have actually been together for twenty-five years, but some of that time was whe...

The next Blog Ring of Power progressive interview starts later this week. After this week, we do have interviews lined up into October. How...

Once again we're between interviews for the Blog Ring of Power, so you'll have to wait until next week to hear from Denise Verrico. ...

Maria asked last week to see some of my favorite pins on Pinterest. I have enough boards (collections of pins) for several posts. Some of my...

It needs a face and hat to match my son.

The rain held off yesterday, so Eugene and I decided to spend our "date day" at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The last time we went ...

Thanks for all the comments and follows so far! I'm slowly working my way through the list. I've only visited about 50 sites so far,...

The president of my company let us leave at 2:00 yesterday, since the blizzard was supposed to arrive around 3:00. It actually arrived earli...

If I mention science fiction and hybrids in the same sentence, chances are this may be the first thing that comes to mind: As "fasci...

I wore this... And ate this.... That's right, it's our wedding anniversary! Eugene and I are taking the day off to celebrate ...

Welcome back to the Blog Chain! B.J. picked the topic this round: Is there a place you like to write that's extra special? Have you ...