In circles, and every other direction. There are three spinning wheels (and a lot of related stuff) under this roof that I call home. Last week, I decided it was time to do something with them. At that time, none was strictly functional. …

But it is not what you think. Every time I walk the corridor alongside the den in my house, out of the corner of my eye, I see this dark black hole in the floor. A hole in the floor? I need to get that fixed. I stop, turn to…

Interesting beats fun most days… Someone remarked that I was an interesting person the other day. For me, that’s a pretty high complement. I’m not much of a people person. I like having a few good friends. Not as much interested in having lots of casual friends. Now, don’t get…

A friend of my husband texted recently that he was looking for a pottery wheel for his wife. He wondered if I had any good sources or advice. Seriously, that’s not an easy question to answer without a lot more information. Like most tools, there’s a huge variation in cost…

Because there’s no such thing as normal. I am embarking on the first day, of the first full week of the new regular. Part of getting to this point in the journey was the recognition that ‘normal’ is not a state that truly exists. …

I love seasonal candy: Candy Corn in the fall, followed by Candy Canes for Christmas, Conversation Hearts (the original Necco kind, please), Peeps. If you’ve suggestions for the rest of the year, please share. It’s a long time between Peeps and Candy Corn. I generally use the candy as part…

When you stop beating me up for money, maybe I’ll appreciate what you are doing. I suppose if I could have looked up the correct address I might have mailed this directly to you. …

Researching things is fun. But do we really know how good the information is? So I was writing a little piece the other day and it contained a sentence about inflation. Now, the article wasn’t about inflation, but in true writer fashion, I decided I needed to use this as…

One step back I’d like to say that I’ve been crazy productive of late. Truth is, I’ve been crazy busy. The two do not equate. For example, a week and a half ago, I applied an update to a website I manage (one with three users, who use it once…