I wish this were going to be a funny post, but it’s not. My neighbors on the corner experienced a home invasion at 2:30am this morning. I was awake and heard banging, thought it was in my backyard, because my dog was barking, too, so I went to the window to look. Nothing. I went out and closed the door on my storage building, came back in and crawled back in...

I’ve severely neglected my yard (both front and back) since the fire, but one thing upon which I can depend each year is a few days of firey gorgeousness in the backyard when the day lilies bloom. A little yellow bug which looks like a yellow lady bug to me has found a temporary home in the day lilies. I’ve seen it twice (either that, or it’s...

Completely Clueless (a.k.a. PDD’s father) had some consequences come home to roost today. A Federal Marshal showed up at my house looking for him and I quickly told him he has not lived here for two years. The warrant was for non-payment of child support (no, not to me, but to his first wife for their two children, known here at Big Sis and Big Brother.) ...

A quick post tonight to say I’m headed to bed and hoping I don’t wake up in Kansas in the morning. LOL We have tornado sirens going off as I type and here’s what we’re looking at on the radar: These are the kinds of storms Tornado Alley is famous for, because while the storm looks like it might be moving west to east, it’s not....

I ‘got my frump on’ real good last night, had a good cry and woke up feeling much better this morning. Nancy, I saw your comment this morning, and you are so right – the one thing we can count on in this life is change – and that’s about the only constant we’ve got! And Maggie, thanks for your comment, too. I know that I am making...

Doesn’t it just bite how easily and quickly your day can go from full of possibility to full of crap? For me, today, it took one piece of news, which I’m not really ready to write or talk about… No, I know I can’t run away. Sure want to though. Right now, I just don’t want to be me, don’t want to be the one dealing with this life...

I have several physical places on this planet that evoke that warm feeling of belonging that is ‘home’. Certainly, my house is one of them. Tulsa (amazingly, it’s grown on me) is another of them. Western PA is another, as it is where I grew up, and Clendenin, West Virginia, where my dad’s dad lived, which is more about the people than the...

Well, I’m off to a great start, aren’t I? Forgetting to publish this yesterday? Had it all ready to go and clicked ‘Save’ instead of ‘Publish’. No month blogging about ‘home’ should start off any other way than by giving you all, my loyal Internets, a tour of our home, particularly this tour. This is a page I put...