Reluctant Rebel

I've been getting back to my roots, so to speak, even though my particular roots are in Connecticut, my family roots are in the Southern...

THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFARI ISSUE...NO PROBLEM WITH FIREFOX Dear Readers: I cannot reply to you!!!! When logged into my google account I c...

After reading/viewing the sparring among the democratic candidates these past weeks I am becoming fatigued, bored, disgusted and angry. ...

Saw a photo of some young, sexy shirtless guy with tats posing with his Siberian Husky...so was inspired to do some selfies with our dog, o...

I'm not sure why I've been getting into my Italian (more than usual) but I have been making homemade pasta, Italian bread, manicotti...

An original song and music by Andrea DeFrancesco 

I just want pose a few questions that have been puzzling me about the Night Before Christmas. 1. What exactly is a "sugar plum...

How many people see LongHorn Sheep at the office?  This herd of sheep was passing through Kasha Katuwe-Tent Rocks National Monument in ...

I don't usually post about the imposter in the White House but I had such a laugh when I read this transcript of his explanation of why ...

Click for Full Pic New Mexico 11/28/2019  Six+ inches of snow at 9am and still coming down! Three years ago we had Thanksgiving ...

On a ten-point scale of obsessive-compulsive I would rate myself a solid 6, maybe even a 7 and on some days a tad bit higher. I like my home...

Friday, February 10, 2006 My Grandma La Nonna When Grandma said "You don' know-a nuthin' a yet" she usually...

I just couldn't resist posting this. It's the first time our so-called president has made me laugh.  

Re: previous post: I am not going to take a lot of time here to critique or defend Chuck Todd or Brian Tyler Cohen except to say that we a...

I purposely haven't been too political on this blog of late, but this, I think, deserves a post (even if you are not a big fan of Chuck ...

I’ve been having difficulty sleeping for longer than I can remember. The main reason seems to be a nagging discomfort when in a horizontal ...

Saw the Downton Abby movie this week. This was maybe the 4th or 5th movie I've seen in a theatre in four years...worth the trip. If yo...

I injured my Achilles tendon on my right foot back in December of 2017 on a hike up (or maybe it was coming down) Kasha Katuwe/Tent Rocks N...