I'm Mrs. Brightside

I was thinking about why I stopped posting this fall.  I know I wrote about 3 posts for every one I published.  Too much angst and negativit...

 By my count we are on day 25 of unsafe smoke filled air here - we did have almost 3 days when the wind blew in from the East sending it all...

 Last night I could see the stars again!  We had a cool wind blow through from the east and the smoke has cleared.  So wonderful to see the ...

 Outside it is 96 degrees  the sky is a smoky gray that will turn orange when the sun begins to set.  We've had only a few days in the p...

I spend several mornings each week dealing with the many loose ends following the death of my spouse.  I know that much of what I am dealing...

It has been hard to start living alone just as this stay at home way of life started.  I know it has been hard for pretty much everyone.  Al...

We all know time is a fickle thing - for me last month seemed to last forever, for you it might have passed in a blur. Six months ago just h...

 They say never grocery shop when you are hungry.  I have learned it is very expensive to grocery shop when you are feeling sad. When I fe...

Am I the only one tired of hearing about in these "unprecedented, unpredictable, un-whatever times"  that we are "alone toget...

Three weeks after I moved to another city in another state to escape the high prices of the SF Bay Area and to be near my son and his wi...