Category: Friends

Memory

It is funny how some things trigger a memory that warms your heart. Today, a simple conversation caused me to remember something I used to enjoy eating, but haven’t thought about in quite some time. I was visiting with my niece and her children… Continue Reading “Memory”

Olive Oil…FYI

 While on vacation in Arizona a few weeks ago, my friends and I visited the Queen Creek Olive Mill in Queen Creek, near the Apache Junction / Mesa area. What a great place and unique experience! Queen Creek Olive Mill is a family owned… Continue Reading “Olive Oil…FYI”

Arizona Vacation

What do you do when you have friends who live in a state that has a lot of neat things to see and do? Well, I don’t know about you, but I plan a vacation to go visit them! And that’s just what I… Continue Reading “Arizona Vacation”

Movie Review – Oz, The Great and Powerful

 It has been a while since I’ve been to the movies. It isn’t as convenient, here, to pop in and see a movie whenever I want to. Unlike Sanford, Albion doesn’t have a movie theater and neither does Medina. There are theaters in Brockport,… Continue Reading “Movie Review – Oz, The Great and Powerful”

Breaker, Breaker 1-9

Breaker, breaker 1-9. This here’s the Shortstuff leaving the salt mine. I’m just watchin’ the pavement, starvin’ the bears, and keepin’ the ole double nickel honest. Got any sandbaggers out there, come on? How ’bout it, Lady Luck, what’s your 20? Candy Man, you got your ears on? We’re clean and… Continue Reading “Breaker, Breaker 1-9”

Time for a Brain Dump!

It has been a while since I just rambled on about a variety of topics that are totally unrelated, except that they are all stuck in my head together. So, yes, it is time to spill my guts, purge my thoughts, make room for… Continue Reading “Time for a Brain Dump!”

The BEST Day

OK, so take a picture of today and put it with a notation of today’s date in the dictionary under “The BEST Day” – it is all you will need to effectively define that particular phrase. Because, today truly was THE best day! I… Continue Reading “The BEST Day”

And on to 2013

Well, today is the last day of yet another year that seemed to simply flash before my eyes and is gone! Where does the time go? They say that the older you get, the faster the years fly by. Does that seem fair to… Continue Reading “And on to 2013”

Christmas 1912

Yes, you read the title correctly……Christmas 1912!  On Tuesday, I went to a monthly event called “Tea with Dee” at the Hoag Library in Albion.  The first Tuesday of each month at noon, Delia Robinson, the Gaines Town Historian, gives a talk and serves… Continue Reading “Christmas 1912”

The Final Chapter

I closed a book this week…..the final chapter was complete and the story has ended.  As with all books you truly love reading, the ending came with mixed emotions – on one hand the story will always remain with you in memories, but on… Continue Reading “The Final Chapter”