February 20, 2023Decorating, Entertaining, Family, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Valentines

A Post Mortem on Valentines Day

You can blame this title on too many Brit Box cozy murder mysteries. But I digress. As a member of The Worst […]

February 11, 2023February 12, 2023Children, Coronavirus, Death, Family, Grandchildren, House Redo, Reunion, Scott, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Travel, work

Since You’ve Been Gone

Four years ago today I joined The Worst Club Ever. This is the day that Scott died of the flu (you might […]

December 18, 2022Christmas, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

Tea: The Next Generation

Sorry it has been so long since I posted, but life and mostly Christmas has intervened. I wanted to give you a […]

November 7, 2022Children, Family, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

The Bucking Horse Ranch-Riders

I had my granddaughters, Lyla and Wren with me the other night while their folks were out. Baby-sitting is a ridiculous term […]

October 31, 2022Children, Christmas, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer, Travel

Pinkies Up

It’s about tea time. My enjoyment of drinking tea was certainly renewed in England where Andria and I downed multiple cups a […]

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022Children, Family, Grandchildren, Reunion, Senior Influencer, Travel

Reunion Redux. . .Causey-Mitchell Edition

I told you about my cousins reunion in Georgia a month ago, so now it’s time to talk about my time with […]

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022Family, Grandchildren, Scott, Senior Influencer, Writing

Much Ado About Words

As you may have guessed, this blog is rather personal and I often (and by that I mean always) draw on things […]

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022Children, Family, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

Gams Camp

I debated whether to post a light-hearted adventure in the midst of the incredibly infuriating decision of SCOTUS which has effectively jettisoned […]

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022Aging, Children, Family, Father's Day, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

Daddy: A Remembrance

Tomorrow is Father’s Day, the fourth since my sweetie, Scott, died, and I will celebrate with Sarah as we have every year […]

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022Children, Family, Grandchildren, Scott, Senior Influencer

The Family Org Chart

It was bound to happen eventually. It’s time to introduce my large, eclectic, loosely connected, disgustingly close, gloriously different family. This is […]