animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

a quiet place

This was a really great movie with a very unique plot–aliens have invaded earth and they hunt by sound. The movie followed one family during this ordeal. It was quite compelling. Plus is was written, directed, and starred in by John Krasinski (aka Jim from “The Office”). My rating: 4/5

had it

Yet again, my tomato plants have succumbed to Septoria Leaf Spot. I guess there’s no avoiding it at this point. I’ll be lucky to get any tomatoes this year. I guess I should have put the potted tomatoes out front. I shall learn from my mistake. After doing some research …

why him?

This movie was a comedy about a father who tries to keep his daughter’s boyfriend from asking her to marry him. It had some decent star power–Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, James Franco–but didn’t do well with the critics or at the box office. It came across my radar and I …

simplifying

In 2018, I am trying to cut things out of my life that take too much time or cause stress and concentrate more on things I enjoy doing. As a first step, we sold our rental property in May. That place was just one more building to upkeep. When you …