I had the great pleasure of reminding #2 Daughter of something her father’s mother used to say that #2 had forgotten. Then we had a lovely talk about “Curly Gran” and how sweet and really just phenomenal she was. She volunteered in the “sick baby”…

I love me some mushrooms, yes, I do. I only found a handful of them in the wild this year, but I buy white button mushrooms and Portobellos at the store all year. Sometimes I make little hand pies, but I made a big’un to…

When you have a chronic depression/anxiety condition, you look for things that make you feel safe and happy. If necessary, you also take prescribed pharmaceuticals — don’t judge, either way — but it helps A LOT to also find sparks of joy. Since I spend…