I’m usually a fairly happy person. That’s a given. But today I’m more than that. I’m stunned. I’m thrilled. I’m deeply entangled in one of those please-don’t-wake-me-up-from-this-lovely-dream states. And if it weren’t so hot outside, I might even dance a jig all the way to the White House and back. [Okay...it was a nice thought, [...]

Blood. We all know that it’s pretty important stuff for any number of reasons, but mostly because the rest of the world went to great lengths to make sure we understood its value. Our parents reminded us that blood was thicker than water and that bandaids were necessary to keep all our good red blood from running [...]

Contrary to popular belief, I  really am still alive, Folks!  It’s just that life here has been rather busy of late.  Well, okay…that’s putting it mildly.  I’ve actually felt like I’ve been caught up in a tornado the likes of which Dorothy Gayle of Kansas has never seen.  At least, I don’t have to worry [...]

My spell kits have obviously “arrived.”  How do I know?  Because folks are starting to rag on them.  Not just to their neighbors, mind you.  No siree.  They’re ragging on them all over the internet.
Now, a normal person might be pissed off.  They might even go as far as to send a poison pen email right to the person [...]

I have a new doctor.  Not that I’m really sick or anything.  In fact, I’ve only been truly sick twice in the last ten years.  And other than the constant battle I’ve waged with my weight for the last 53 years, I’m probably healthier than anyone I know.
So why do I have a new doctor?  Because [...]

Lack of professionalism is one of my pet peeves.  So is a complete disregard for time.  Add those to a complete and utter lack of common courtesy and consideration for other people, and what you’ve got is a very disgruntled Dorothy.  In all actuality, though, I’m not even sure that term covers it.  I’m still [...]

Friday is my lucky day.  [I was, after all, born on one.]  But because my personal number is “4,” certain Fridays - those with dates that add up to that number; i.e., the 4th, 13th, 22nd and 31st - are luckier for me than others.   This has rung true for over five decades with nary a [...]

So…what happens when you slap a rebel-related moniker on a dog?  You get a rebellious dog, that’s what.  But the fact of the matter is that it never occurred to me that Mark would actually decide to name our dog, Dixie.  There were so many other great names to choose from:  Sophie, Isabelle, and Ebony, [...]

Dixieland - 2nd Installment…
I should’ve know that things were going to go awry the second I got off the phone with the folks at Happy Labs Rescue.  For starters, we had trouble deciding on a meeting place.  We discussed this place and that, and after much debate, we finally settled on Columbus, OH.   Then I had trouble finding a hotel [...]

 
For the last ten years or so, I’ve had a good life.  A wonderful life.  A life that most folks only dream about.  It includes Mark - my remarkable husband who cooks and cleans and loves me just the way I am, faults and all.  It includes travel to far away places, and lots of [...]