By Elizabeth Prata Aging isn’t easy. I’m entering my 60th year of age. My teeth are crumbling, my joints are aching, arthritis is thriving...

By Elizabeth Prata I'm still enjoying school break. I'll be back for a Teacher Work Day next Monday. That means no kids but teache...

By Elizabeth Prata Bingeing is OK, for a while. Then it becomes grating. I watched a lot of programs the first few days of school break, w...

By Elizabeth Prata So tomorrow will be a week since I've been off from school. Working 190 days out of 365 certainly has its positives...

By Elizabeth Prata Good morning! It's 2:30 am here. I'm up because I was so exhausted when I got home from school Friday that I co...

By Elizabeth Prata Ohhh, the light, it burns! Representation of an ornamental hermit in Germany in the late 18th century. Wikipedia c...

By Elizabeth Prata On and off over the years people occasionally mention that they are aware of my travels, and sometimes comment that I s...

By Elizabeth Prata My Christmas card collection. People do still send cards, which is nice. Who doesn't love getting actual postal...

By Elizabeth Prata We've been blessed by warm temps and sunny skies, making it a bit hard to concentrate on the kitchen! But I perse...

By Elizabeth Prata After 5 days, I broke my reclusiveness and my silence by heading out this morning with certain errands to accomplish. B...