I’ll acknowledge, hiding a package of cookies in my bedroom wasn’t a good strategy in my effort to lose weight, but I thought, out of sight, out of mind. The first night, I ate five; vanilla wafers cradling a double layer of chocolate fudge.  Just one cookie quickly slipped into five.  Perhaps I wasn’t quite as committed to this new weight loss plan as I had thought.For a long time… ok, basically, since the last time I walked out of gym class in high school, I have struggled with my Continue Reading

My good friend Kathy recently told me I had an old soul. She could immediately tell by the look of dismay on my face that I wasn’t complimented.“No, no, that’s not a bad thing,” she tried to defend herself.“It’s never a good thing when old is used to describe me,” I responded, not letting her off the hook.Well, guess what I’ve discovered? I do have an old soul, and how do I know this? Because I took the 10 question Facebook survey and who could possibly do a more credible job of assessing my Continue Reading

Have you ever had two totally random experiences or thoughts converge in your head and the resulting crash was something you just had to write about? Ok, maybe not, but I’ve had a lot of idle thinking time of late.Experience one: Through Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, we listened to a lot of country western music. This confirmed the conclusion that I drew this summer as I found myself listening to a local radio station at the cottage that cranked out one hit after another by Continue Reading