Yummy Up until recently I have dreaded shopping, especially grocery shopping. I’m the kind of person that when I go to the market to buy...

We have a Golden Retriever that we got from an exhibitor in southern California. The owner wanted to sell him because he had a mind of...

Have a wonderful 2025 New Year’s resolutions aren’t a fad—they have endured for about 4000 years. The Babylonians were among the first...

Well, here it is Christmas Eve and I’ve got a lot of things to deliver, so I better get ready. There are so many people counting on me...

I’m making a list and checking it twice – of all the things I DON’T want for Christmas. Over the years I have received gifts that were...

Homeless on the street I’m so glad I’m not homeless. Yes, I know that is an obvious statement for me to make. However, when we lived in...

As I woke up after tossing and turning during the long night, I could tell that my day was not going to go well.  Lately I seem to be...

It was about mid-March of 1952 when I was 8½ years old in Portland Maine. There were a few patches of snow in the field behind my house. ...

Here is a collection of some odd and quirky phrases that I have come across over the past several months during my research for some of...

I saw a young person with a safety pin through their nose. I didn’t know that your nose could fall off. The one thing about old age is...

By C. F. Illingworth Over the last few years, I have noticed some headlines that tickled my funny bone. Here are a few I’ve found: This...