I could swear I just sat down to read a few Hive posts a couple of days ago, yet I had to scroll back to eight days ago before I found one I had upvoted. When I was much younger, I was warned that time

I just took a look at my replies, which I've been forgetting to do for quite some time. And there I found a Happy Hive Birthday greeting from @hivebuzz, posted yesterday. Eight years on the blockchain!

Early in October, a young friend gave me this amazing 36-pound pumpkin, and this lovely Hubbard squash. The teacup is there for scale; a teacup is usually sitting around somewhere nearby in my kitchen

A fall expedition to Montana to visit my sister has become a tradition. It's a good time to get away: the garden is all done, and the snow (usually) hasn't yet arrived. This year the timing was perfect

This is my post for #freewriters Day 2535 prompt, "the worst sandwich," hosted by @mariannewest. I grew up eating dill pickle and cheese sandwiches on homemade white bread with mayonnaise. I

I quit taking the supplements that alternative health care dude sold me, and I feel a bit better. I think they did the opposite of what he expected them to do. Now I am back to my customary level of fatigue,

I have not been very active on Hive for a year, especially for the past six months, much to the consternation of the half-dozen people who read my posts with some regularity. The primary reason for my

Have you ever had one of those days when things just keep going awry? Today started out badly because I hadn't slept well. Still, I managed to get several small tasks done around the house before I decided

On Sunday, I intended to visit a new church in a nearby town. They don't have their own building yet, so are using the aging community center. As soon as I walked into the meeting room, I was met by a

On days when I have a morning appointment somewhere, I usually make a smoothie for breakfast so I can drink it in the car. Normally, I start with almond milk and protein powder, or else a packaged chocolate

Sometimes life just keeps moving along at a comfortable pace with nothing unusual happening, and then one day it's suddenly not so stable after all. It doesn't take much to change things: a letter, a phone

It took me 2 1/2 months, but I finally made it through The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. My primary care provider and I fell into a conversation about cancer and

Yes, I'm still alive. But it has been two months since I posted anything. I haven't been in the mood to write. I have been sick at least 4 times this winter (including my current cold) despite taking all

Last week I discovered the winter squashes in our "above-ground root cellar" were beginning to rot, so I baked the remaining nine in the course of three days, ran it all through the Foley food

After my husband's September foot injury (mentioned at the end of this post) I realized I couldn't possibly make all the tomato products I had intended to make in September and October, because tending

I see it has been 18 days since my last post. How did the time pass so quickly? I ponder that question on a regular basis. I was warned that time passes more quickly as we age, and it is certainly true.

Early this morning it was foggy and drizzly, followed by a brief period of partial sunshine, and finished off by hours of low-hanging clouds. It was a classic November afternoon, dull and gray. I felt

This past June, on our anniversary, my husband and I explored a little of the Pine Street Woods hiking area just outside of Sandpoint, Idaho. Today I decided to take another look at it, and try out one

Wasn't life supposed to slow down after the kids left home? It didn't work out that way. I quickly found other ways to fill my days, and now I have three grandchildren nearby. Although spending time with

It seems odd to be writing a gardening post this time of year. We usually get a light frost early in September, followed by a week or two of nights in the upper 30s or lower 40s. Then the nighttime