Phoning In Your Quiet Time

According to Merriam-Webster, “phoning it in” means “doing a task with very low effort, no care, and no passion.” There are times in my life when I get so tired I find myself “phoning it in” when I get up early to have my quiet...

OPTIMISM

Merriam-Webster defines optimism as: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcomes. Meriam-Webster defines an optimist as: a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes....

The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse: A Book Review

My oldest grandson gave me this book to read last week and he made sure to put it at the top of my stack of books to read. He was very insistent that I read it as soon as possible. Thank you Finn! You know what I like! It is an amazing book and much appreciated on a...

Out Of My Mind: A Book Review

My eleven year old granddaughter highly recommended this book and even let me borrow it from her personal library. She loved it and knew I would as well. Thank you to a sweet granddaughter who likes to share the good things in life! Out Of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper...

No Till Gardening

I weeded my corn patch this morning. Before (Taken on my cell phone.) After If you like gardening you have probably seen examples of No Till Gardening on YouTube. Last year, I planted my corn patch three times and finally gave up on it. Each time I planted after...