All Purls. No Swine.
Today (May 23) is "Lucky Penny Day." So I'm taking the liberty of reprising a post from more than seven years ago. That one was inspired by a news report of a seventy-seven year old (at the time) Korean immigrant to Canada who picked up coins he found on the street and donated them to… Continue reading Taking Care of the Pennies
Technically, I missed it. In 2024, the first day of Spring came yesterday--a day early--on Tuesday, March 19 (blame the leap year. And the almost-pneumonia.) But it's arrived. Someone apparently forgot to tell the gods of the Weather Channel, though. While we've had several days in the 60s, and a few in the 70s over… Continue reading Happy (Roughly) First Day of Spring!
Earlier this week (August 12, 2020, to be exact), first thing in the morning, I eagerly downloaded my email and clicked to open my Morning Jolt of Good News, a daily bulletin I receive from the Good News Network. It generally cheers me up, as I contemplate the other daily trials, tribulations, and botherations of… Continue reading Not-The-Good News Network?
“Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves,” was one of Dad’s favorite expressions. He was, not to put too fine a point on it, thrifty (I attribute this aspect of his character to the Fraser strain in the family. Or perhaps it was growing up when times were a… Continue reading Taking Care of the Pennies