I spent a few days this month on the road with a friend helping to drive her car to Colorado, where she’ll spend the winter with family. It was an easy drive due west on Interstate 70 and we encountered rain only briefly on one evening. Most of the trip was highway, but we stopped to sightsee ...
Last time, I wrote about how amazed I am that folks scour other people’s trash to find treasure. While giving my house a makeover, I’ve put a lot of things out by the curb, taken many an item to charity drop-off sites and sold several items. As I got rid of rid of old furniture and other ...
My garbage men are my heroes. Week after week, they show up in the rain, snow, heat or cold to take away things that I want to discard from my house and life.This week, they had an easy time of it with just one tiny trash bag. They were probably cheering when they saw that, because last week ...
Have you broken out your fall fashions yet? I haven’t either, and that’s probably because it has felt more like San Diego or Miami around here than what we’re used to in fall around Southwestern Pennsylvania. So much for kids playing in piles of leaves while you enjoy that piping hot ...
Have you broken out your fall fashions yet? I haven’t either, and that’s probably because it has felt more like San Diego or Miami around here than what we’re used to in fall around Southwestern Pennsylvania. So much for kids playing in piles of leaves while you enjoy that piping hot ...
It sounded like a good idea. In fact, it sounded like so much fun that I couldn’t wait to do it. Then, suddenly, I was perched on a tree stand strapped into a harness attached to a wire and facing the prospect of leaping off the edge. This suddenly seemed like a bad idea … a very bad idea. ...
