Humor and woodsy wisdom by Laura Lollar
Happy New Year! Blessings on you all. I hope you’ve had a happy, safe, sane holiday season and I want to thank you for your enthusiastic support of my scribblings. As we head into 2025 there are some discoveries I’ve made and determinations I’ve formed which may be of interest to you. At the very least, I hope it’ll motivate you or provoke a few smiles. Post Braces Benefits First, (yahoo!) I …
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Well, well, I’ve been wearing these braces since last January. And I can’t tell you how excited I was as the day approached to finally get them off. I almost skipped my way into the orthodontist’s office last week, ready to finally be free of this mouthful of metal. The perky doctor sat down next to me, asked me to say “ahhh” and peered inside my mouth. I couldn’t wait for the extrication process …
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I must apologize for being so absent these past few months! We’ve had a busy summer and fall with weeks worth of company, a move into our new home, cleaning the old house and coordinating showings to prospective buyers. I’m happy to say we now have a buyer and, fingers crossed, we’ll close in a few weeks. It’s been a long slog, for sure! But we’re now settled into the new place and have (almost) …
I hope never to become one of those people who gets together with friends and does nothing but talk about their ailments. To me, it is the epitome of getting old. With all the things there are to talk about in this world — politics, family, work, books, movies — who needs to be reminded that our bodies are falling apart? I feel like an old log cabin, leaning to one side, propped up by timbers so I …
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Not sure why, but I have a tendency to say the weirdest things. They make sense to me in the moment, but as soon as they come out of my mouth (or land on the page I’m typing) it’s clear the meaning is not at all what I had intended. (Just like I wrote at the bottom of this article.) It’s gotten to the point where my husband has started writing things down that I say. He calls them “Laurie-isms.” …
We’re getting ready to put our house up for sale! Whoohoo! It’s been like a whirlwind around here. Doug and I have weaved our way throughout our home, touching up paint, filling nail holes, clearing out clutter, hauling “stuff” to Goodwill and filling up our temporary storage unit. I’m embarrassed to say that my husband has been doing most of the work, and a fine job he’s done at that! To Purge …
