Mundane to Insane

The past many days -- more than a week, but not back into early February -- have been boiling over with chaos. Oddly, though, I have not...

Why is it that it's so much easier to do things if you pay for doing them? I'm talking about exercise classes, art classes, getting out...

Temperatures and snowfall amounts in the mountains where I live haven’t really changed during the past 15 or 20 years. Those who have...

I never throw away perfectly good food that was not consumed by those at my table - or any table I'm sitting at for that matter. I...

My husband and I had plans to leave town for a continuing health education/ski trip out of town after he had been on overnight call for...

OK -- It’s Friday, not website/blog Wednesday. I have a better excuse than usual for not following the plan: Wednesday was my husband’s...

Three weeks into January, and I haven’t been at all consistent with the routine I supposedly established as a New Year 2020 resolution. I...

Being "retired" comes with a major life change that operates without a routine. For my entire life, having a routine has been essential...

As of October 15, 2019 we are BOTH retired??? For me, that means trying to paint more and volunteer at the Library and for a few other...

When I was a child, it seemed like time couldn't pass by fast enough. As I neared the age of independence, I enjoyed so many things that...

Time flashes by and suddenly the newborns are past six-months-old. The first to be born is now nearly a year old. Wrapped in the throes...

Grandpa -- now also known as GG, for "Great Grandpa" -- decided months ago that his 90th birthday present was going to be a family...

Mundane to Insane explores three domains that have almost always been the non-family and non-professional loves of my life.  I got my...