I hate to admit it, but I know very few of my neighbors.  Despite the fact that we live in a great neighborhood with a small-town feel, my husband and I haven't gotten to know too many of our neighbors during the five years that we've lived...

Today I am basking in the nice, cold air!  But that hasn't been the case for the past few weeks.  What's a poor boomer girl to do when she has a hot flash and NO air conditioning?  About two weeks ago, the air conditioner went on...

Our neighborhood now consists mostly of strangers on the Internet.  We don’t even know the people who live next door to us.  What does that say?  Does it mean that no one in our real neighborhood wants to be our friends?  Hell...

Did you know that right now, at this very moment, more birds are nesting than any other time in the year? I actually didn’t know until my neighbors told me about the newest findings made by the Lake Ashton Bird and Nature Club. I just think...

So, when I lived with my last sweetheart a few years ago, we moved into a lovely home in a quaint, quiet neighborhood...or that’s the way we perceived it would be.  We thought it a skosh odd that our next-door neighbor’s house...

Ann Young died. And if you listen very close you can tell. Songbirds aren't singing quite as sweet.  She was the best friend wild birds ever had. Thousands owe her their lives. Thousands more won't survive now that she's gone.  She...