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I am not one to wish I were somewhere other than where I am. But today I do. I wish I were in Montana with my daughter and her family because they are celebrating my granddaughter’s newborn son...


So much going on… Along with the arrival ( 4 weeks early!) of great grandson, Cecil, we received word that Mike is being recognized again by professional song writers. His mentor submitted 4 so...


Little guy arrived around 7:00 PM. He came a bit early but is good size. Thank you God, for your gift and your never ending love.


Way back in 1981 I became a certified tax preparer. By mid-April of that year (and just about every year since!) I was ready to hit the road! It was time to make a trip to visit my parents… or...


I read that this day commemorates the strongest wind speed ever recorded…I forget where it was or how strong it was, but something over 240 mph… Now that’s some wind. The forecast here indicate...


I went to bed a few minutes past my usual time last night. I was wide awake. After I lay there for about an hour and a half I got up and went to the bathroom. Back to bed. Still wide awake. ...


Guess I’ll try to keep up with both sites for awhile… I’ll have to do more writing than I have been, though.


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Prosebox is going away! I am not sure I can handle another start. I’ll have to give it some thought. I’d sure miss my friends here… but I do follow some of you on Facebook. It’s not the same,...


Not much new here, but it’s been awhile since I let you all know I’m still here. Holy week is here and Bob and I made it to church services yesterday, Palm Sunday. I don’t know why, but we have ...


March 10, 2018

Hello in At the foot of the hill

I was surprised when I checked my last entry and found it was nearly 3 weeks old! I did write on facebook, describing our trip to Arizona. What a wonderful, wonderful trip we had. We are prett...


February 20, 2018

Dang it!!! in At the foot of the hill

I have another cold! And we are to head off to Arizona day-after-tomorrow! Mike and Jeri are taking us for my birthday (which is actually tomorrow) and our 60th Wedding Anniversary…3 weeks from...


February 16, 2018

Hello again. in At the foot of the hill

It is good to see this site back up and running…


February 01, 2018

Consolodation in At the foot of the hill

In honor of my 80th birthday (Feb. 21) and Bob’s and my 60th wedding anniversary (Mar. 14), our son and DIL are treating us to a long weekend in the Valley of the Sun. We will also toast their 3...


January 28, 2018

Hibernation in At the foot of the hill

I am finally getting over the cold after two weeks of snorting, coughing and blowing. But I can’t seem to get enough sleep. If I sit down to read or watch TV, I doze off and am apt to sleep fo...


January 17, 2018

The Award in At the foot of the hill

Just found out that the Mid Atlantic Song Contest awards program is going to be streamed on youtube.com Sunday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 PM EST. My son R Michael Rhodes will be there in Virginia to accep...


Granddaughter having surgery for appendicitis this morning. She’s the one who lost her job just before Christmas. She was able to find another, (better ?) one and started on Jan. 2. I don’t su...


Yesterday we had a lovely lunch and visit with Joyce, my best friend in college. I think it had been about 20 years since I last saw her. She lives on a farm in Wyoming. Her husband passed awa...


Before 2017 is filed away into history, I wanted to add a couple more things to the record. Dec. 31 was a day full of surprises…all good. Early in the morning I was contacted on FB by the daught...


This is the next-to-last day of 2017. Looking back, I’m remembering some really scary times and some really good times. The scary times came with Bob’s health issues. In March he had a real bad...


A little light snow here in the pre-dawn hour on the first day of winter. After several days of temps in the high 50’s, it’s not supposed to get above freezing today. The good news is that the...


December 17, 2017

Looking ahead in At the foot of the hill

I never thought I would not be looking forward to Christmas. We have no plans whatsoever. Mike called yesterday asking what Papa and I had on our wish lists. Me: “We don’t need anything.” Mi...


No measurable snow here in the metro since mid-October. Daytime temps hitting up to the mid-sixties… All this sunshine should make me feel good, but I seem to be fighting to keep myself out of t...


Wow! That moon was something last night. Hope you all got to see it. It was almost 70 degrees here yesterday but a front moved in overnight an there is a cold wind howling this morning. They ...


What a lovely, restful, wonderful vacation we had in Southern California. The weather was perfect… My sister’s extended family so very gracious and caring… Many memories recalled and re-told… ...


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