(note: the photograph with the Smokey’s birthday cake is of, from left to right, Joy, Jennifer, and Buddy.)On August 5th, I arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, to join a peace walk from Camp Douglas to Fort McCoy, about 22 miles. The plan was to walk for three days, from August 7th until August 9th. The walk, […]

On July 30th, my sisters Vivian and Diane and my nephew Jamie and I got into Vivian’s car and headed southeast, toward Suffolk, Virginia. Suffolk is not far from Norfolk and from Virginia Beach. I enjoyed my trip. Just watching the road signs was fascinating. It is like seeing little pieces of history! We passed

My nephew Devin and his girlfriend Chrisha were married on July 31st in Suffolk, Virginia. A beautiful wedding ceremony was held at Beech Grove United Methodist Church. The bridesmaids were all dressed in Chrisha’s favorite colors, blue and green.After Devin and Chrisha were pronounced husband and wife, the entire bridal party danced out of the

The annual Relay for Life event will be held here on Grand Island on June 5th. Relay for Life is a big fund raiser for the American Cancer Society… with BIG being the operative word. The event lasts all night, on the track behind the high school! Wow. This is my first time to attend

Every year, a different clothing item is displayed at the Grand Island Historical Society’s Victorian Tea Party. Last year, the item selected were hats. and everyone attending the tea party was asked to complete their fashion statement with a hat. This year, people were invited to lend aprons to the show. A number of these

On April 19th, I got to have the fun of dressing up and going to the Grand Island Historical Society’s annual Victorian Tea, held in River Lea. My companion for the fun event was Julie. We belong to the same book club, and we had gone to a tea party for two book clubs at

A few weeks ago, it start snowing, and the snow just kept on falling. Of course, it happened on a weekend, and I had to go to choir practice on Sunday morning. So I walked the approximately two miles to get to church. It was a real adventure in walking. I walked on the very

This morning, I was sitting on the couch, crocheting a lapghan (that’s a lap-sized afghan). Big Smokey (the gray cat pictured here) was happily seated on my lap, making crocheting a big adventure. I had to crochet around the cat! Zoe sat near my head, on the upper part of the couch. Before long, Zoe

Everything about this tea house, called SereniTea, was very colorful, cheerful, and relaxing. Doesn’t that food look very yummy?It’s just a memory now. I consumed all of it. The tea was great. I added honey and lemon, which brought out the flavor of the passion fruit tea.