String o' Pearls

After over 3 years of blogging, I've reached a big milestone today: THIS IS MY 1,000th  POST! Holy mackerel, that's a lot of ya...

As you may already know, my third son and his wife Preciosa, a couple of starry-eyed newlyweds who were just married on December 7 of last y...

Almost 31 years ago, I posed with two of my favorite military men.  Camera-shy as always, I turned away just as the flash went off. That...

The H pages are done.  HOORAY and HALLELUJIAH!  I'm so happy--happier than a little kid eating birthday cake!   This illustrati...

You might have noticed this lovely new icon on the side bar of my blog. You see, I was nominated for an award--what a lovely surprise!--b...

It is with distinct pleasure that I highly recommend Nancy Carabio Belanger’s latest triumphant YA novel, The Gate.   I only wish it had b...

I've been teasing you lately with the promise of a great proposal story, and now here it is. On May 9, our second-oldest son got engag...