Joyfully Retired

Hi everyone. Our holiday vacation is over. It was tough to leave our sweet granddaughters, but it was time to go home. We hopped on Amtrak and chugged out of Portland Monday afternoon. The trip to the Bay area arrives early the next morning. I’ve told you before how much I love to travel by [...]

I hope your Christmas was as fun as ours. As I mentioned last week, we spent it with our granddaughters and their parents. The six-year-old is still a Santa believer and we all had such a good time living through her over-the-top bubbliness. As gifts began to appear under the tree, she made her plan. [...]

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a meme sponsored by Kathy at Bermuda Onion. For me, it’s a game I love to play as I’m reading. It keeps me alert to the possibility that I’ll spot an unfamiliar word. This week I read A Lone Star Christmas by William W. Johnstone. I love to read an occasional good [...]

Thanks for stopping by to check on the new words I found this week. The words I’m offering today are all “foodie” terms. I just finished reading Perfect Christmas Day by Felicity Cloake. I’ll tell you all about it this coming Saturday. The book celebrates the author’s memories of a traditional British Christmas dinner. There were [...]