… when you find articles like this, a “must read” …

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/toilet-time-hemorrhoid-risk-wellness
(It’s actually fascinating.)
… when you find articles like this, a “must read” …

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/health/toilet-time-hemorrhoid-risk-wellness
(It’s actually fascinating.)
“Robert, please get me a lemon and some fresh thyme,” I said-pled, as we finished up some shopping, and I headed to the car, while he was trekking across the street to one of our favorite little independent grocers.

Back home I delved into magical alchemy …
Homemade simple syrup, fresh-squeezed lemon juice, orange slices and … some THYME.

Slash it all together with some Tito’s and voilà …

Wait, that is not the best shot!

That’s a little better.

But here, look at the lavender blooms of the thyme through the glass …



And here are photographer Robert’s photos …


It’s thyme …


I so agree with poet Mary Oliver!


Walking into The Fresh Market the other day, the first thing that greeted me was this, uh, spring display with, uh, colorful hyacinths.


Poor things.
I tried, but nothing I could say would cheer them UP.
I finally succeeded with this lively little ditty …

And that is my Saturday Evening Post.

… in one of my favorite Savannah squares (Greene) near us. Reading. And realizing that Spring is about to spring.




LIFE WILL!

A blog category about finding “art” in unexpected places and situations.
So Robert and I were at Whole Foods today shopping for a few (emphasis “few”) things: his deionized water (don’t get me started), dried porcini mushrooms (don’t get me started, again — one of his recipes) and my white balsamic vinegar, which I REALLY needed for an incredible salad dressing that I have fallen in love with. (I’m a retired English professor, so I know better than to end a sentence with a proposition, but who cares? I’m retired.)
We were successful with finding the water and the white balsamic vinegar. And all went well until we got to the checkout counter.
For some reason when we tried to scan the white balsamic vinegar, it said “Price cannot be resolved” as if we were in some United Nations mediation.
The delightfully beautiful clerk went to try to figure out what the “Resolve” issue was. She came back, beaming and said “It’s free!“

So then (we’re back at Whole Foods now) we went onto our next item, fresh Turmeric!
Okay, explanation. I have been having a bit of an issue with high blood pressure lately. I have been trying to incorporate both fresh ginger and fresh turmeric into our diet.
I put the turmeric down on the scale thingy.

Walked a little closer.

Walked a little closer still and saw her.

Do you see her? She’s walking to the left with a healthy gait. Encouraging me!
HEALTHY ART! AT WHOLE FOODS!
“Namaste”

“Every moment is as precious as you recognize that it is.” Matthew Hepburn
(Matthew is one of my favorite meditation teachers on my 10% Happier app.)

How precious is that?!