I'm Just Saying
Some dry humor

I can’t help but to remember when weather related events made the national news, oh, maybe once a month: a tornado ripping through one community, a hurricane making landfall somewhere else, and wildfires out west. It’s pretty obvious to us all that now it seems weather makes the news nearly each day. And that news is generally catastrophic.
The bear facts

I’ll be frank.
I love bears.
I’ll be more frank.
I love bears when viewed from a distance, on our critter cam, or on youtube videos.
Buzzards

The deal is, I don’t know anything about buzzards. Turkey buzzards.
Glory days

Paul and I were searching for a particular chair slipcover last week and found ourselves compelled to descend into one of Dante’s seven levels of hell.
A shopping mall.
Mama, I made it

Since so many popular past sit-coms are being brought back for a re-boot, may I suggest one, please?
(No, not ‘Coach.’ We tried that and, well, punt!)
Storm's a brewin'

Summer means hot, humid days, July 4th fireworks that seem to go on until August, and afternoon scattered storms that, like popcorn, spring up on radar with precious little time to take cover.
Turn it off

If it’s not the January 6th Congressional hearings, it’s another mass shooting. If it’s not a mass shooting, it’s Britain’s Prime Minister resigning…
Sometimes I need to turn everything off, go outside and look up.
Born in a barn?

In our never ending quest to restore this small cabin to a somewhat respectful level of hygiene (not easy with 3 dogs and 3 cats), Paul brought home one of those trendy ‘stick’ vacuums.
Who gives a sheet?

I was on the phone, nodding with empathy, as a dear friend vented about her final days at her job before leaving for, literally, greener pastures.
“I don’t mean to sound ungrateful,” she began...
“But…” I coaxed.
“But…I hate office send-offs!” she hissed. “Hate them! First of all, there’s that giant sheet cake—“