Author: leilani

The other shoe’s done hit the floor with a resounding THUMP. We made a 140-mile dash in the middle of the night a couple of weeks ago, to pick up our older daughter and youngest grandson. Her husband pulled a gun on them. It was the last straw for my daughter (understandably). She and the…

Christmas decor at our house is generally limited to 1) our tabletop Christmas tree and 2) a solitary string of battery-powered lights over the front porch and carport. A week before Christmas last year, half the lights in our pre-lit tree bit the dust. A couple of days later, so did the outdoor lights. Before…

My hair got ridiculously long – about halfway between my shoulder blades and my waist. And it was driving me CRAZY. I’m not talking about fancy hairstyling, nothing like that. I’m talking about something in my hair causes my skin to break out everywhere it touches. (Changing hair products has been zero help. I’ve tried…

Of the handful of people who read here, I’m pretty sure everyone understands the scope of what just happened in our election, and assume we’re doing whatever we can to prepare before madness descends. If you don’t already have one, get an herbal medicine book or two. I own several, but this one has great…

In the category of “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes…” Y’all already know my brother is persona non grata in the entire family. Nobody speaks to him, nobody will let him into their house at all. We haven’t for a long time. He lost his first six-figure job thanks to porn on the job. He…