Meet Willy Fargo, My Friendly Neighborhood Loan Shark. When Simple Things Become Impossible. The Blue Corn Snob Chips War. Silent, but deadly, Auction. Scene from a Young Marriage. A Trip to the Museum. The Petty Humiliations of Love. No, You Clean the Litter Box! Did You Check the Freshness Date? I Really Liked That Girl. What is She Saying When She Says IKEA? My ca.

Simple life on a little piece of land. Lessons From a Buzzard Roost. I am not sure when I first noticed the return of the turkey vultures this spring. Lessons From a Buzzard Roost. A Little Show of Ice.

We are what we eat and what we do. Down the river from Runnymede. Down the river from Runnymede. Sunday the 25th July turned out to be the perfect day for cruising down the river. Two coaches full of people belonging to Oasis went from Flackwell Heath to Runnymede to then board a boat for a few hours. The day before had been a dismal day when the rain had just not stopped and yet on this Sunday morning the sun just shone all day. We were so lucky! By the lock at Runnymede.

So my family and I decided it would do us good to cool off a bit at a friends houseboat in Kentucky. We drove then walked, boated and floated about for a weekend. Were I a real chicken, I would be molting, sitting, flopping and doing every unattractive chicken-thing imaginable right now.

Growing up, there was a time when I was taking six pills twice a day, and three inhalers to boot. My metabolism was a raging fire that easily devoured everything in its path. The only way to complete those projects? So you see, it is quite easy to become a slave to this drug, especially when it is the most socially accepted addictio.

I love to share what I know and see others succeed because of what I taught them. I am a Registered Nurse and I work in the ICU and Step Down unit at a local hospital and I love it. So much for no animals, eh? I was bullied really bad in high school and now I make a stand any time I can against bullying to help rais.

Please join us for a delightful time . Nothing Gilded, Nothing Gained Blog. Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.

Okay, whispering, really. Say yes, even if you are pretty sure you are not trained enough to tackle it. Say yes because this might be the only chance you will get. This is turning out to be one helluva Summer Of Adventure. Between planning for and then executing the whole Dames Across Rhode Island run. Putting our house on the market. My first thought was, OF COURSE I WOULD! Um, you know? .