Category Archives: Reviews

this morning I went out to get a haircut and I asked for it to be really short for two reasons 1) our current heat wave of 94ºF 2) I’m having a medical procedure done next week when I have … Continue reading →

It’s Noon, so I came over to read the new Writer’s Almanac poem (a link in my sidebar) and was introduced to Ilene Beckerman, author who had her first work published at age 60. Now I will go see if … Continue reading →

This week brought some birthday bucks which were burning a hole in my pocket. First on the list was slippers. Partly described in my comment at M C, on Saturday, I went to the store which promised the proper brand … Continue reading →

Over at Gifts of the Journey she is moving overseas and took pictures of the workers who must have highly coveted spatial reasoning skills to be able to get all the stuff into a crate ~~love and Huggs, Diane

One of the small pleasures I allow myself is getting a newspaper delivered to the front yard a few days a week.  Although there are times when I find that I am reading news from Sunday on a mid-week morning, … Continue reading →

When the choir director at church told me to write down a place to go on the Internet, I had no idea what to expect. Having known her for many years, I figure she won’t do me wrong ;-P Well, … Continue reading →

If you go HERE you will see that I have written before about my small knowledge of Braille. As a teaching assistant working with special needs students, I know how much we rely on gadgets to help them get through … Continue reading →

Sometime about the middle of January, there were two books with red covers drifting around in my kitchen.  One would be on the center table where I ate breakfast, the other on the shelf next to my chair in the … Continue reading →

the very first e-mail I opened this morning was from my friend Mary Ann (the lady who bought my knitted hats for the grand-daughters and their dolls at Christmas) saying “I don’t know if you remember our son, Jon” quickly … Continue reading →

After seeing Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia twice at theaters and then again on Christmas Day’s dvd viewing, I got to thinking about her latest movie DOUBT, a new release on Boxing Day. There is no way I can understand … Continue reading →