February. Holidays have gone into the history books. Well the big holidays. Spring is on the horizon. Well the far, far horizon. TV shows are reruns of reruns showing promises of the new episodes to […]
Trina Machacek
As Far As The Eye
The eye doctor I go to talked me into an extra pair of glasses. A pair that I can wear when I am doing stuff at the computer. A pair that will make […]
Is this You? – Hominy and Artichokes
Would you believe that I had never tasted sour cream until I was 21? Really. I was under the notion that sour cream was just that, sour, cream. Why would […]
Spur of the Moment
While dallying in a yet another sporting good section of a store, (for some unexplained reason there are forces at work that pull men from the clothing section to sporting […]
Just Desserts
Quick! What is your favorite dessert? Not desert, which could be the Sahara Desert, Great Basin Desert or Antarctica Desert. Yes, there is an Antarctica Desert, and it is the […]
Is this You?
Vacuum What? While it is not unheard of in our abode to skip a week, maybe a week and a half, okay two weeks, of vacuuming the carpet, what has […]
Minute by Minute
As my left eye creaked open this morning all I saw was the laminated red number 9 on my bedside clock. It was the last number of the time because […]
The ‘They’ Sayers
Do “They” run your life? When “they” speak do you obey their command? When “they all” decide how to accomplish something do “we all” need to follow? I say nope. […]
I Need a Mail Blocker
I sewed a little embroidered cross stitched picture with little flowers and a saying that reads, “Who Plants a Seed Beneath the Sod, And Waits to See Believes in God.” […]
Suitcase Mishaps
I love to fly. Of course I mean in an airplane. I use to think I would also like to test my nerve by skydiving. Stepping out of a plane […]




