My Life with Dogs

Yesterday, while out buying necessities to prepare our family to depart on a week's vacation to the beach, I made what will perhaps be t...

It always seems as though summer is well underway by the time the actual first day of summer rolls around on the calendar.  After the partic...

Wow.  It's really been three years. Who knows if anyone will still check back into this blog since it's been on hiatus for so long...

A beautiful curio cabinet stands in my dining room. When the cabinet belonged to Swanny's Grandmother, it contained assorted pieces of ...

Yesterday I participated in my 3rd Polar Plunge, to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. What started 3 years ago as a daring venture with co...

A good friend and I have said for a while now that even though February has the fewest amount of days, it seems like the longest month of t...