I am downsizing! Hope you have time for a cup of coffee with me this morning; I need it! In three months I will be moving into a smaller home and thus I am facing that evil task called “downsizing”.  We have lived in the same house for fifty-one years and now it is time to make a change.  The... Read More

I just poured a fresh cup of coffee as I struggled with the month of February.   What am I going to write about? Of course, Valentine’s Day comes into mind as it does for all young lovers except I am neither young nor a lover so this presents a problem.  As a widow there is no doubt that I will... Read More

Well, it’s Christmas time and I have my trusty cup of coffee but along with it I have a freshly made gingerbread boy with blue icing to munch on.  Hope you have time to sit down with me. Rather than one of my usual tales of Gretchen and her ups and downs in life, I would like to share with... Read More

I’m just sitting down for a coffee;  hope you can join me. October brings thoughts of Halloweens past and present.  As a little kid I remember Halloween with mixed emotions.  There are two things I remember the most.  The first one that comes to mind is that of costumes.  My mother was a beautiful dressmaker and she always would put... Read More

Well, here I am again; just sitting down with my morning coffee.  I hope you will join me. Here it is, September and like so many of us my thoughts go to joining something to break up the long winter.  I do go to a writing group once a week but that doesn’t do much for the rest of my... Read More

Do you have a few minutes to chat?  I hope so; I just made myself a cup of coffee so I hope you’ll grab one and we can get together for a few minutes. I recently had an experience I would truly love to share with you.  As you know, I am a widow and in saying that there appears... Read More