Acckkk! I’m staring down a new “thing” called Substack. I know it has been a game-changer for many, and I will tackle it in baby steps. A...

The Mastectomy I Always Wanted, A Breast Cancer Memoir by Erica Campbell , was released this past week. Erica had a robust Zoom Launch...

It all started with My Town (the song) by the Michael Stanley tribute band, In the Heartland , on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at ...

It's been a minute since everything is done on the outside of the house. It looks great, and we are excited for the facelift and it’s new...

My summer swimming took a hit this past week/weekend only because of a whirlwind weekend and lots of fun summer serendipity! I'll take it...

We've got Workers in Full Force Pounding Away! This year, the community of Crofton, Maryland, turned 60. Our house, built in this same...

It gives me great pleasure to announce good things happening to good people. Take, for example, the Diamonds5 family of Crofton,...

It's summer in the city, county, and country, and sizzling hot! I like the hot - but not the humidity. Sometimes, we have to deal with...

While planning my France 2024 trip earlier this year, I wanted to go to the Musee d'Orsay (MO) in the worst way since I didn't get to it...

Today, I took a lovely sunny Saturday drive with my guys to Front Royal, VA, to the NOVA (Northern Virginia) 4-H Center, the home of...

Celebrate/Celebration is my word for 2024 (same word in 2022, too). Every day, there could be something to celebrate, but today is extra...

Julie Hughes is a friend I/we met through Writing in Community. She is a force to be reckoned with - a wife, mother, runner, poet, and...

My friend, writer, conservationist, and award-winning world photographer Kathy Karn is heartbroken (as are many in the world who pay...

When I was on Aransas Savas's Uplifters Podcast last year, I was thankful to be tagged to be interviewed by author and friend Julie...

May all your lights be green (or were) on this St. Patrick's Day 2024! Quilters here in the USA and abroad are also celebrating our craft...