Welcome to my new blog.  At 48, I am now officially at middle life and with the kids mostly out of my house I can begin to think again.  As I sit here on this rainy June afternoon, my son is home from college for the summer and my newly graduated daughter is at our office working until she finds a job.  Both are back in their childhood bedrooms, sharing a bathroom and trying to get along, still.

A duck named Dory sits at my feet.  He is an unexpected guest my son brought back from Montana.   A cat named Tiger came home with my daughter, Tiger stalks Dory so it is my constant challenge to keep the cat from eating the duck in the kitchen.