So fun to have my van featured on NJ Outdoor Adventures! Over 20,000 views in just a couple of days, and some fun comments too. Thank you Patrick - you are a great host and…
Of African origin, the word MOJO refers to a magical charm or spell. I believe the arts are the best mojo out there. My mojo went missing this past year. Thankfully, I have managed to…
I rambled through the private roads of Pocono Heights Lake Community searching for a long driveway and a house shaped like the one I remember from my youth. I found one that was similar in…
Its 22 degrees in Hackettstown and I’m snuggled in. The furnace is blowing in my big ass van and I’m under a wool blanket that my sister left after one of our adventures.
I started Storybook Village because most of the time I feel like I live in one. But good stories are not always easy. The best ones have tension, conflict, something worth fighting for, and hopefully, in…
My husband is smart, kind, and tenacious. He also enjoys beer, wine, and bourbon… in that order. I’ve joined in often over our nearly 25 years together. I also make a stink about it sometimes.
I’m going to dance for a bit. Be grateful that both of my knees work again, that my desire for beauty is still strong, that I can feel the music fully in my body, that…
I had a private painting lesson this week with a fellow who wanted to paint from an old photo of his daughter. The photograph itself presented so many obstacles that copying it would never result…
How do the next 30 years play out, assuming I’m ‘lucky’ enough to live as long as my father did. He died in June from Covid. Shitty way to go, for all of us. It…
Our 20 year old boy came for a visit, he did. Playing with his phone, down the steps he slid. Well, tumbled perhaps more accurate to say. At the bottom he landed, crushing three vertebrae.…