At home in the backyard…

My husband and I have been busy planting in our yard, this is our first year at the house, so it has been an education. I take care of the flowers, he takes care of the veggies, and we are a little competitive about whose garden is doing the best. However, both our...

Hammer Time…

You know, I remember old people talking about corns, bunions (which I thought was some kind of onion rolls) and hammer toes. I always thought it was quite yucky to see those freaks of nature, sticking out of the end of one of my elder female relatives’...

Fathers Day

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day. They are usually good because we women plan them. We always remember to buy a card…..we always buy a gift that is wanted, and usually useful. We cook favourite dinners, meals and we give them a day to...

Men and Gardens

What is the deal with men and growing vegetables? Women can give birth to a new human being, and a man might cry one tear and feel fullfilled as the head of a family. But a man that can produce a squash, a spinach head or a tomato becomes the Alpha, the bull of the...

Mood Swings

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I feel so happy. I am a veritable Mother Teresa throughout the day. I help people, I am everyone’s personal therapist, mother, daughter, mentor, teacher, rabbi, priest……And then there are the days that I awaken...