Anne’s Review: My take from this fluid piece (pun intended) is that my intrepid friend, Cheryl, can turn nasty floodwaters into yummy berry pies. I want her on my ark. May her bilge never again bulge! ======================================================== Shortly after we moved to our casita in the mountains, Tropical Storm Michael…
Robert’s review: 65. Been there done that. Jump on in, the water’s fine! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don’t really know how a woman my age should behave. Sometimes I’m in the Modest, Respectable Matron camp and other times I’m in the Who Gives a Crap mode. I want to kick up my…
Tee’s Review: My tutu is purple! I stood on the front lawn of my family home in New Jersey and crushed my best friend to me in a ferocious hug, crying and emoting as only a teenager can manage with any sort of credibility. I was moving away. No more…
Carol H.’s Review: The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. —John Muir While recently hiking at Graveyard Fields (a name with ominous undertones), my husband/hiking partner stopped at a spot where two roads diverged in the yellow woods. He asked, “Judging by what you see here,…
Michelle’s review: This week’s blog makes me want to get reading! I feel like I’m behind a few thousand novels. [:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::] If you ask me what my favorite book is, I would scoff, press my lips tightly together and question your motives and our friendship. You may not ask a…
Robert’s review: Grit your teeth, a biting good story. ************************************************************************************* I sat in the dentist’s chair and cautiously opened wide. This felt like a moment of great trust—that the vaccine would surely keep me from harm and the person cleaning my teeth would do a thorough job considering how long…
Evan’s Review: Come for the vegetables, stay for the animal heads. <<<<<<<<<< ~~~~~ >>>>>>>>>> Q-U-I-N-O-A. If I have to spell it for the store clerk, I automatically assume the store doesn’t carry it or doesn’t educate their staff. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don’t. It’s all part of the…
Gina’s Review: We’ve all had experiences with unwanted pests in our living spaces. Read this blog to learn some really interesting removal methods! There’s always a shock at finding a large insect in your home, where you least expect it. When I moved to Texas, I had just such an…
Robert’s review: I know I just read a great story about the fun of getting old, and I’m supposed to do a review about it, but I can’t seem to recall the details of it just right now. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ▪ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞∞…
Carol H’s Review: Life has become wildly unprecedented in these COVID days. Fearless narrator Cheryl leads the way in sharing how she meets them, nonetheless, with her trademark zest for living and creative aplomb! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I finally received my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I felt a general achiness…