Most of these were taken at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD and a couple just around the house.
Tuesday Evenings With Esme – Did You See The Full #Moon?
My oldest granddaughter, Esme and I had the best time last night, even though all she wanted to do was play the Jake and the Neverland Pirates app on my iPad. I was fine with that because it reminds me of Mario Brothers. She handed me the iPad and said, "Here MomMom, I downloaded this …
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A Post Dedicated to Grandfathers of Princesses
I often speak about my granddaughters. How can I help it? They are my three little princesses, and my husband and I worship the ground their little princess piggies walk on. As much as I love the time I spend with them, I believe there is a very special bond between grandfathers and granddaughters. I went …
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Throwback Thursday…Hair Through the Years
I have a love / hate relationship with my hair and I always have. There have been years when I really didn't care much about it and just let it grow wild like weeds and years when I fought back against the unruly mess of curls that pours out of my scalp relentlessly at a …
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Just for the Heck of It…A Few Things About Me You Didn’t Know
Not that this little open book post will get many views but I thought some of you may want to know a few little known facts about yours truly. 1. I'm the youngest of eleven children. 7 girls and 4 boys. 6 have passed on, as have both of my parents. Here are two of …
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Yes…Behind this Innocent Smile, Darkness Sometimes Lurks
As hard as it might be to believe, sometimes, I am not so nice. Although I am 95% happy and proud of it, it's taken me a long time to reach this place and the path to get here was made up of good choices, good people and a positive attitude about my life. I …
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Just One Last Joyous Moment for Today
My oldest granddaughter and as she describes it, my best friend, (TRUE) Esme, beat me tonight at Frozen Trouble. She's four. She's brilliant. Goodnight my friends.
I’m a Little Disappointed Tonight – Albeit Not Too Surprised
As you know, if you follow my blog, I'm taking part in an interesting exercise in crowd-funding. Â After doing a bit of Googling, I noticed that there appears to be some confusion as to what the purpose of crowd-funding is and why people do it. In my case, I'm doing it to raise money to …
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Inspiration Comes from the Damnedest Places
To you--yes, you reading this tonight or tomorrow or whenever, you may look up at the title of this blog and say, "What the...?" but I assure you, inspiration came and it lingers in every cell of my body at this moment. I don't need to tell you what it was. I only need to …
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No Matter How Good Your Summer Was, It Could Never Top Baby Houseman’s
As summers go, this one was pretty nice. I did manage an excellent vacation the first week of June in New Orleans, which kicked one item off my bucket list. I finished my third novel and it's mere weeks away from your hot little hands. I spent lots of quality time with my granddaughters and …
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