5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Spring Workouts & Stay Motivated

While the weather might not be perfect for outdoor workouts quite yet, in most places it is slowly improving, and getting some fresh air and a little sunshine feels so good.Ā  Here in Arizona, the Texas Laurel is in full bloom and smells like heaven. So now is the perfect time to re-motivate yourself and […]

My Favorite Detectives (and Honorable Mentions)

Mysteries are by far and away my favorite reading genre and I have so many favorite series detectives.Ā  I don’t care if the novels are violent and trashy, bring it on!Ā  Strangely, I don’t like that in movies, but in books, I do.Ā  Go figure. To qualify as one my top favorite detectives means that […]

How to Organize a Beverage Station

Weight-loss and healthy-living articles all tout the benefits of getting enough liquid and how most people don’t get enough water.Ā  That is not my story.Ā  I love beverages. My day starts with a glass of water with a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of sea salt. I love that drink. Closely following, is my […]

My So-Called Beauty Routine

This is the third blog post I’ve started for this week.  Everything I have wanted to write about keeps bogging me down and feels too weighty for this place and this time.  I really want to write about something a little more substantial than our good weather, but it keeps coming back to that. With […]

Spring has Sprung

There is a very good reason why I moved to a place that has hellaciously hot summers.Ā  It is for the short winters, of course.Ā  We in Arizona are rewarded with falls that are more like what I call summer-lite – hot days and cool nights.Ā  Spring generally starts early here and I can generally […]

Is Valentine’s Day Child’s Play?

Isn’t what makes romantic love special the fact that it’s exclusionary?Ā  It’s different from familial or friendship love because you love that one person differently from all others and it is conditional rather than unconditional.Ā  So how in the world did Valentine’s Day become a day when little children send cards to every other child […]

Do the Math

I absolutely love math. Ā That is either a crazy affirmation statement that makes me hope someday I will supernaturally be good at it or it’s the biggest lie I’ve ever told. Ā I don’t love math, but I love the ideaĀ of math. Ā I’ve seen movies about math. Ā A Beautiful Mind, Enigma, The Theory of Everything, Hidden […]

Seven Tips for a Quick Cleaning Day

For some, this season of life is retirement, for others it’s more empty nesting.  I know many of you are caretakers of elderly family members or are still really involved with children or grandchildren, so you are part of the sandwich generation. I guess for me it’s really pre-retirement.  I got a small taste of […]

From a Glass of Wine to a Vampire Story

Last week after seeing Summer at Gammage Theater, our group had dinner at Taphouse Kitchen and DF Evon ordered a glass of Virginia Dare pinot noir.  I don’t drink red, so I never look at the offerings on that part of the menu and I didn’t see that particular wine, but when she ordered it, […]

Assembling My Bug-Out Bag

No mystery that I love reading mysteries and thrillers.  The prepared protagonists always have bug-out bags at the ready.  They contain a high-powered weapon, a burner phone, a little food and drink , a few new IDs and lots of cash.  Of course, they have led exciting and dangerous lives and need to have this […]