Like a lot of people, I make a point of gifting homemade cookies and such to people who are often unacknowledged but contribute greatly to the quality of my life. I am sure it would have been entertaining watching Shawn and I packaging up the candied nuts and cookies for our garbage collector and our recycling guy. Nuts were bagged and in the tin, cookies were placed in the tin,…

About a year ago, a friend of mine from Hawaii sent me a basket of goodies, coffee included. I hoard that stuff like it is gold and make a single cup at a time and relish the chocolate macadamia nut brew, the scent and the flavor as it fills my senses and sends caffeine rushing through my veins. (All the other flavors were good too but I think this one…

Now that we have a shovel designed for Shawn’s scooter, a snow blower, and are ready for winter, the sun is shining and it is barely below freezing. Where has winter gone? It looks like we will not have a white Christmas but at least the grass is not growing because I do not have a mower yet. Merry almost Christmas everyone!