I started a new job on May 1, and I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to tell you how that’s going. So I thought I’d use today’s post to c...

Hello, friends! It has been many months since I’ve been in this space. A short time away turned into a longer period than I thought it...

Abbey Hello, dear readers. I’m feeling a bit out of breath and overwhelmed right now with all the changes going on, but I wanted to...

Chase Bird relaxing in the sun on the enclosed porch. My anxiety is high, and I can’t seem to relax. That’s what I’ve been like for...

A photo of Broad Street in Altavista. I think I took this on a Sunday a couple of years ago. I was standing at the library looking down th...

Slower than molasses in winter . That’s what I’ve spent the last two months thinking. What’s moving so slow? The job search process. Or...

This is Chase Bird sitting on my lap while we watched the Virginia/Virginia Tech basketball game Sunday. At one point, it looked like Virg...

I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas had a wonderful and peaceful holiday! Larry and I had a quiet but very enjoyable time. It’s h...

I took this photo out my kitchen window last Monday. The town has been busy scooping up the leaves left at the curbside. They "vacuum...

The leaves are starting to pile up in the yard. Down and back. Shoulders down and back. That has been almost a mantra for me ov...

Two weeks ago, on a Friday night into Saturday morning, I went on a ride along with a sheriff’s deputy. One of my beats for the newspaper...

This was my desk at the end of the workday Tuesday night. Tuesday is layout day at the newspaper. Here’s the basic process: I...

I had a busy start to the weekend. I had to work Friday night into Saturday morning. (I will tell you the story behind that, but it will ha...

A memoir in the making. I haven’t been doing a lot of my “own” writing lately. Most of the writing I’ve done is for the newspaper. ...

The habit that I’m working on is getting up early in the morning. I like being up early. The hard part is breaking through my resista...

Last weekend, Larry and I went to a nearby greenhouse and bought tomato plants and pepper plants. We chose Better Boy and Roma tomato...