by kelly | May 8, 2021 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ, Senior Living
This is the 110th year that we’ve celebrated Mother’s Day in every U.S. state, according to Wikipedia. My earliest memories of celebrating my mom involved breaking off a few purple lilac blooms from the backyard and wrapping them in a damp paper towel to present to...
by kelly | Apr 24, 2021 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats, Hospice & End Of Life
He was supposed to be a puppy. At least that’s what I’d been looking for when I drove into the Humane Society parking lot. We’d been without a dog since our Canada move two years earlier and somehow the cats were winning 3-0 at home. That’s what happens when a dog gal...
by kelly | Apr 10, 2021 | Daily Courier, Friends, Prescott, AZ
There’s a line Dorothy says in “The Wizard of Oz” movie: “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard.” Those words felt especially true this week as we entertained our good friends, Glen and Carol, who were escaping...
by kelly | Mar 27, 2021 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats
I have a soft spot in my heart for old dogs. We’ve lived here long enough that the young pups who used to jump and pull hard on their leashes when we walked by with our dogs have now mellowed into gray-faced dignitaries who sit quietly while their humans talk for a...
by kelly | Mar 15, 2021 | Daily Courier, Home & Garden
I was sure I smelled a gas leak one recent Sunday morning as I was walking down our driveway, but after checking out the obvious culprits, the smell was gone. I convinced Mike to come outside and sniff around with me, just in case. We wandered around the yard, noses...
by kelly | Feb 27, 2021 | Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life
Each January, when I resolve to be more organized, I look at my desk and think about how nice it would feel to see papers sorted and filed, a clean pad of paper on top of the desk, and my computer monitors freed from all the sticky notes encouraging me to do something...
