Hold On To The Past

When you hold on to the past, be sure you just hold onto memories. Let go of anything sad…it doesn’t need to be dwelled upon too much to have meaning. Historic sites and what they meant, so that you can Read More …

When The Bell Doesn’t Ring

When we have trained ourselves to follow certain habits, we sometimes fall behind when the bell doesn’t ring as expected. Or, we make lists, but don’t look at them. Or, we turn off our ringer, and the bell does ring, Read More …

PSAT Nightmares

This week, and this weekend, begin the PSAT nightmares for both teens and their parents. For different reasons of course. Standardized testing, apparently was invented over a hundred years ago, something I would not have thought, but read (recently) from Read More …

Fun and Familiar

Going somewhere, that is both fun and familiar is a good idea… I wonder if the things we do are more fun, because of the people or because of what we do. Tonight, we were at a fancy, schmancy hotel Read More …

Lyrical

Poetry is often lyrical and can become famous, but few poems are better known than those written by Edgar Allen Poe.  I studied them, my husband studied and our kids studied them.   “Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.” Of course, E.A. Read More …