Thoughts from a Bag Lady In Waiting

I have kept in touch with Shakofa (I used the name Samira in my posts for her protection) for four years. I recently asked her to create a s...

The simplest way for me to get back on track with sometimes blogging is to have this post be our Christmas letter. It feels a little bit lik...

As I've gotten older, one of my goals is not to fall. Most of the time I'm successful because I pay attention to how I'm standin...

Our Dutchy is a Siberian Forest cat, six years old. We bought her when she retired in 2023 as a queen in a cattery in Kingman, Arizona. My h...

When we got back from Tucson (our winter place) on May 1 of this year, I had two goals in mind. They were at the top of my to-do list.  Firs...

As usual, I learned a lot: 1. The weather may be reasonable when you check for temperatures in Madrid, Lisbon, and Porto - but inland Portug...

I've done a lot of traveling in the last 20 years, and some things are pretty similar. But now, as I'm the oldest I've ever been...