I’m back, and pop quiz

Hi y’all! *crickets chirping* um, Hi y’all! Well, okay.  I’m sorry to say I’m back – I think everyone who has written here while I was gone has done a fabulous job.  There was one entry in particular that touched me rather deeply, too – it’s not nice to make grumbly bears all teary-eyed, folks. […]

Baby steps

So, I bought a heart rate monitor!  Isn’t that great? (uh, sure, is what you should be saying now) So I went for a walk with it.  With the dogs.  We didn’t dawdle, but we didn’t run either.  I was pretty impressed, I averaged 125 bpm (“beats per minute,” I had to look that up) […]

Like smoke

Why, dear internets, is peace and happiness so elusive? (that could be a good essay question, huh.) I share bits and pieces of life with my family here, not too much (I hope) to bore you beyond tears, but just so you kinda know what we are experiencing. A little over a week ago we […]