After a week and a half of viral nastiness, my computer has been wiped clean and reformatted, thanks to The Man.  I am a lucky gal; I don’t think I would have been able to figure that out for myself.  Or…even if I had…I don’t think I would have ever gotten around to it, and [...]

It’s always difficult easing back into the workweek after spending time away with family and friends. This time around has proved to be especially so, although why this is I cannot say. This feels like it has been the lo-oongest week at the office, ever.
Geez oh whiz.
My camera battery is dead and the [...]

Yesterday was as perfect a day for Halloween as I had ever seen. I took a mid-day walk early in the afternoon; I knew I was having company later in the evening and probably would not get another chance to do so. It’s been rainy and cold all week, but there was a break [...]

And of course no pictures…I always forget to take pictures!
BGF and her man stopped in on the last leg of their whirlwind “Facebook Tour” of the east coast; they stayed the night and we all spent the next morning and the greater part of that afternoon together. It was wonderful - as always - [...]

AHH!  Oh my goodness!  I just read that Penguin Classics recently published a series of 10 classic horror titles by “masters of the genre”…don’t these look wonderful? I have already read The House on the Borderland and The Dunwich Horror, but the others are new titles to me.

On the frippery front, I am swooning over [...]