Dear Felicia

Howdy, sweets. Hard to believe we’re in the middle o’ May already. It seems like jest a week or so ago we were bringing in the New Year. Don’t look now, but careening toward the half-way mark. The older we git, the faster it goes. With that … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

We have lots to talk about, honey bunch, but ain’t it something! We’re already in the month of May, and as I tell yew often, Granny used to say once we git past Memorial Day (she called it Decoration Day), the rest of the year just flies. Well, it’s … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

We hafta tell ya, sweets, when we started this week’s missive we thought we were gonna hafta find things to tell yew; but in typical fashion here in the Asylum by the Sea, things have percolated to the pernt that now I hafta be selective so’s not to … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Here ‘tis, m’dear, April just popped into the picture. With Easter early this year, we can now settle into a slight, ever sooo small, respite before the big summer slog through all the things we do around these parts. April is a time to get things … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Howdy do, honeybunch! Well, who’d o’ thunk it! Jest three weeks or so ago we were shoveling white stuff off the sidewalk and our vehicles with 20-degree weather. Here we are scant weeks later and spring has arrived. Of course, the thought that we … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

We have had Leap Day and now, sweetie pie, we are in March…already! They say the older yew git the faster time flies. That reminds me of an anecdote someone told me. Kitty Carlisle, the actress-turned-radio personality-turned quiz show panelist (she … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Ya know, sweets, I was in a local produce section a week or so ago and someone said that she couldn’t wait until winter was over. Whilst I wasn’t part o’ the conversation, Cobina thought to herself, “What winter? Excep’ for the one week of cold … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Well honeybunch, here we are in February already, cruising outta winter. From the looks o’ things, we won’t git too much snow over the next few weeks; and once we git outta this month, March is usually not too much of a threat. Though, we can … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Well, sweets, as Iyam scribing this week’s missive, I note that January is “supposed” to be a rawther quiet time o’ the year. Jest after the holidays we git into a mid-winter lull, usually, and things are slower until they pick up in March. Well, … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia

Happy New Year, honeybunch. Hope yore plans for the year go according to schedule. It seemed a bit quieter around the homestead this year, with not as much frivolity as in past years. I know one thing, the annual setting off of M80s in the … [Read more...] about Dear Felicia