February 2022

Today is cold and snowy. It is Lake Effect snow. The wind is blowing. We had freezing rain over night. It is days like this that make it hard to believe that winter will ever pack it bag for an exit stage right. The older I get, the longer winter seems. Yes, yes, I know

My husband and I celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 15th. It all began back in 1980. We were engaged, getting married in less than two months. Most couples at this stage of their relationship would be having a romantic evening–dinner, dancing, and so on. As it turned out, that was not in the cards for

We have a Screech Owl near our church St Catherine of Siena. We stop to visit him/her when we walk to daily Mass sometimes. If we are lucky, there are two of them, the red and the gray phase. They are the cutest little guys, but they never talk. If we want to hear them,