One year ago today, January 11, 2014, Suzi and I rushed to be with a friend as she faced one of the darkest and most painful days of her life. During the early morning hours lightning struck her barn. The entire barn burned and took with it all of their precious animals: twelve horses, eleven […]
It’s all in the name! About ten years ago I discovered something about my name. When you spell Tony backwards you receive an interesting message: Y-NOT I love it! The students I taught through the years loved my backwards name too. It’s just fun! This made me think a little bit about my own philosophy of life: “We […]
Memories are forever. This, of course, is totally not true. Being the primary caretaker for a loved one with cognitive impairment, I found this stupid little saying, well, stupid. This small, framed piece was among Mom’s owl keepsakes. And it raised such an internal emotional fit every time that I looked at it, that […]
Well, I guess it started about about six months ago – Tony’s overwhelming desire to make cotton candy. (although when I just asked Tony how long he has been dreaming of this, he replied, “My whole life.”) He watched videos of how it is done and found out where to rent the machine. He then […]
Under the tree and in the box — our cat just couldn’t be happier. For an older cat that doesn’t like change, she enjoys the addition of the Christmas tree in the house. Some things are just delightful!! And some people are truly delightful too! Tony & I count ourselves blessed to have spent time […]
