As if I don't have enough to do around our small farm I am now planning to add bees to the mix!  I have a friend at church who is a bee keeper and needed a good place to put a hive.   I volunteered my property and asked him if I could put a hive of my own next to his.  That way I could learn from him!  He agreed and so I started collecting equipment.  In this video I talk about the foundation layer the bees will use to build their combs.  Bees and gardening actually go quite well together since the bees will help to ensure that your crops are pollinated!

Just finished three books that celebrate women living freely! 

1.Brave women who broke out of the norm in the 19th century and launched what became a 72-year campaign toward women's right to vote.

2. Vicky Tiel, inventor of the mini-skirt and darling of the glitterati and someone who really knew how to follow her bliss.

And 3. Jane Juska, who at 66 refuses to give up on intimacy, takes out a pretty darn risqué personal ad, and has the adventure of a lifetime.  Enjoy....   READ MORE

Even when it was becoming clear that my 83-year-0ld mother should no longer be driving because she seemed increasingly confused, I waffled. Her doctor said she should give it up because she was having memory problems and her reaction time was slower than normal. I still hesitated. It was the one thing she enjoyed more than anything else — she loved driving aimlessly through neighborhoods and down country roads. Every yard sale along the way beckoned to her and she would often return with a trunkful of treasures. Her car was her refuge, a place of solitude and an escape from worry and stress. I just hated to take that away from her.