Thanks to EVERYONE who came to the first Literary Event at our wonderful downtown Persnickety Books which happened to also be my first ever book signing.  I don't know if I was "glowing" (southern ladies glow you know, never sweat)  from nerves or heat, but either way...

"A great story told in a style reminiscent of Jan Karon, Miss Read and Alexander McCall Smith. It boasts a wonderful cast of characters, each worthy of their own tale...do I see a series??? This is a not a children’s book. It deals with real life issues without shying...

UNESCO added 8, count 'em EIGHT, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to the World Heritage List. I saw it in the paper this morning. Most exciting, but the paper didn't include photos or links so I'm doing that now....

My family has always loved a good time and when we learned that Hugh Jackman's THE MAN, THE MUSIC, THE SHOW was coming to our hemisphere; had to plan a get together. Our variety of ages from, let us say, post-Medicare  to pre-middle school enrollment, determined other...

One of the issues of being an older new singleton is getting out at night.  Pat and I went everywhere all the time; even after he was on life support. We saw Book of Mormon one sleety February afternoon at DPAC and attended many concerts in Chapel Hill and Greensboro,...

Our church is nearing the end of our floor redo and I was instructed, by the senior warden, to go check out the beautiful rugs. Which I did. An empty church really brings home the phrase "sacred space" because without all the hoohah of the pews, paraments, Prayer...

I wached the most interesting documentary on Netflix the other day.  Twenty Feet From Stardom, https://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/, is about the backup singers  who performed on all the classics that we boomers and our children sang along with on those long...

This pic was taken before Dad started taking us to NYC, where we attended big Broadway shows; Camelot and Hello Dolly as well as  the 1964 Worlds Fair in Queens.  Recently, I returned  with our daughter Anna and her son, Harry. On our approach into LaGuardia, we flew...