Author: Karleen

We’ve all had a lot of stress lately.  Today’s blog post is merely a guessing game for fun .  I’ll give you some clues and in the next blog post I’ll give you the answer with some extra info.

To give you some background, Tom and his brother Stan recently held a yard sale to dispose of items that my father-in-law had acquired at other Southern California yard sales through the years.  My father-in-law often purchased things that were unique.  What I am posting a picture of is something that was found at his place. Continue reading “What Is It?”

This morning I realized how much neighborhood noises affect me.  I especially notice certain cars, lawnmowers, dogs, and the mail truck.  Of those, the mail truck is the most unpredictable one, arriving at any time these days.

The most captivating sounds, though, are those coming from the house next door.  For lack of a better name, Tom and I refer to it as The Rehab House.  We notice when the house is full of newcomers, just starting on the rehab path, and when it is empty after each group “graduates.”  Even with our windows closed, we can hear them.

As early as 5:30 am, Continue reading “The House Next Door”