Touchstones

Welcome back followers and newcomers! Glad you are here! I may have writer's block! It's been near three months since I have written! Bear with me as I begin this long awaited blog... My creative mind thought of Dorothy in the beloved Wizard of Oz! Upon greeting the scarecrow, she exclaimed the preceding title! However yesterday, I could have shouted "Thunder, and lightning and hail! Oh my!" The thunder and lightning preceding the hail was frightening! Just had to take a few

Wow, I can't believe it's been three months since I've written! Please follow along as we begin a new year... Welcome back followers and newcomers;) Glad you are here! I left off this last Fall, with the previous evening celebrating my sister's birthday! Since then we've had Thanksgiving, my sixth trip to Hamburg, Christmas and just recently my 73rd birthday! My husband says I have a birthday month, not just a day! So true, and very thankful... I did fly to Hamburg after a q

Welcome Fall and followers! It's a new season with a mixed bag of falling leaves, rain and even hail! My favorite season:) However, still counting my blessings! I'm writing from our office; looking out to the back porch and backyard! The summer chairs will be stacked, our trusty picnic table placed under the eaves, with wood and kindling ready for winter fires and power outages. The ceramic pots cleaned of spent flowers, with memories of summertime, hammock swinging and badmi