Slow food

"Dinner's ready!"  A call goes out to the members of the household and soon they all emerge from the separate corners of the house to gather at the table for dinner.  The tv, computers and tablets are turned off, as well as the lights from the rooms now vacated.  The phones are left to charge. …

Laundry on the line

The sun is warm, a breeze is blowing - a perfect morning to hang laundry. Sometimes timing is everything, and nature has a good way of teaching that. They're calling for high winds and rain today, so I almost put off the laundry for another day, but I decided to run a load through the …

Choose Life

Jitterbug. Jitterbug. Whenever my best friend and I heard this song by Wham! come on the tv or radio, we would immediately stop what we were doing and get up and dance. The actual title is Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. In the official video, George Michael and his partner are wearing "Choose Life" …

A Fresh Start

September is here, a new school year has begun, and the season is brimming with possibility. While the days are still hot, even breaking records here, the shortening daylight hours hint that fall and cooler weather is just around the corner. The tomatoes, which have been coming in by the bushelful from the garden, are …