Monthly Archives: September 2017

A couple of days ago we celebrated our friend Anne’s birthday and today our neighbor’s kids are having a party. Anne is in her 80s and the neighbors are probably 3 or 4. We went to a favorite restaurant to … Continue reading →

Seems like a lot of people we know, or at least know their relatives, have recently, or are going to have twins. I read somewhere that between 1980 and 2009, twins birth rates rose 76 percent. I was going to … Continue reading →

We have a somewhat “famous” place here in Shepherdstown called the Bavarian Inn. It’s restaurant serves German food and people come quite a distance to dine on their favorite German dishes. Every year the Bavarian Inn holds a German festival, … Continue reading →

Well, here be me most favorite holiday again — Talk Like a Pirate Day. Today everyone around here will be calling each other ‘me hearties,’ be donning their finest eye patches and pulling the usual shenanigans that they do every … Continue reading →

Seems like lately I wake up, go downstairs, turn on the TV and await whatever catastrophe or crisis has happened overnight or is pending. It’s kind of a bummer to start the day off this way. I could just turn … Continue reading →

Recently I mentioned a left-handed shovel. Of course there is no such thing as a left- or right-handed shovel. Some tools are built, or are configurable, to be used with either the left or right hand, but a lot like … Continue reading →

Labor not — for one day just sit, breathe, and rejoice drinking what you please and enjoying what you may. ~ Terri Guillemets Couldn’t have said it any better — Happy Labor Day!! — 30 —

We attended a dinner party a couple of nights ago and I’ll spare you a long story about why right and left handed actions came up while pouring a glass of wine. There was only one “leftie” in the group … Continue reading →