On January 21, 2003, a tiny precious little girl came into the world – the ‘baby doll’ of her daddy’s heart,her mom’s firstborn (how YOUNG they were!!!), and my first delightful grandchild!  We had no idea what the journey would…

Last November I was privileged to attend my first-ever Beach Boys concert at Kovolchick Center at IUP.  It was amazing, and I walked on air for days afterwards.  They are my all-time favorite group!  So many great songs and many…

Last Wednesday night I attended a fundraiser at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center to support the local arts program in the form of the theater company that performs there.  My dear friend Bear (Barry Shirey) is on the board…

This has been a very busy season!  It’s been forever since I’ve posted anything.  Lots has been happening but I have been neglecting my posts – mostly because I’m not really good with documenting with photos!  I am going to…

If you follow my posts at all you know that we have a very select group of cousins from Home PA that are the Skunk Hollow Girls.  We have outings and get-togethers and Christmas parties and are a very close…

It seems like over the last few weeks there has been a lot going on – lots of ordinary but spectacular things.  I think it started back at Ligonier Days – when I was asked to join Ellen Smail and…

This morning, in the gray hours before dawn, – October 13th – my sister took her first solo walk in probably ten years.  There was no prancing tan dog to sniff along the yards’ edges, and no leashes to worry…

It’s been a long time coming, but here we are at the end of the Philly trip.  It was very hard to say goodbye, and I’d have loved having another couple of days to tramp around through history.  But all…

After a late night at Longwood Gardens (definitely worth it!), it was a slow start on Friday morning.  But we did it, and were on our way in good time.  My friend Ron insisted that no trip to Philly would…

This past weekend Camp Christian hosted Women’s Retreat for ‘girls’ of all ages.  It’s a chance to get together with women of like faith to attend workshops, eat, sing around a campfire under the stars, eat, watch skits and character…