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I woke up this morning with a story to tell but it escapes me now.  In my mind that means the story isn't finished and I must continue to write it.  I will go back to sleep now, but promise...

I had a dream about my dad this morning. The 26th anniversary of his death comes in ten days but it hasn’t been on my mind at all. After this many years it kind of slips past and I tend...

I woke up this morning and decided to cook a big, fancy, breakfast for my family:  fried eggs, thick sliced bacon, grits whisked in milk, and toast with strawberry preserves. Peacefully, I began the process:I poured milk into a pot...

Very quickly and done out of guilt for not posting since June, here is an entry on our revamp of the upstairs landing.  We finished that project at the end of June, but had visitors soon afterwards - and then...

Today we begin our descent into sourdough bread making on Jump Into the Oven with Chef Ken.Kenny made a humor video this morning to entertain our daughter, Ashley, and granddaughter, Izze -and maybe entice them to visit and make sourdough...

It's been awhile since you've seen Celie, so I made her the cover image for this entry.  Just this week though, I enhanced her name to "Celié Pantonette", given her rich palette of Frenchy tri-colors."Let them eat treats!" she commands,...

Before July 17th, our Frankie became sick with an upper respiratory infection (possibly pneumonia) and we took her to our local animal hospital. The vet gave her an antibiotic but wanted to try a stronger one the next morning.  We...

Hi. My name is Chelle, and I am addicted to antique interior lighting and lamps. 💡 Especially slag glass! Maybe it's because I grew up in the era of twirling disco balls shimmering over the Bee Gees, glitter-bombed roller skating...

We are in the middle of a melting ice storm and it's snowing with a refreeze warning tonight. Our electricity shut off last night, after midnight; but was magically restored when I woke up mid-morning. Whew! As it turns out...

“To die, to sleep – to sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub, for in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” - Hamlet It is Friday the Thirteenth, of January 2023, and nothing is really happening....