HOLY CRAP! That was awful. It was simply awful. I haven’t been that sick in a very, very long time. Wow. WOW. It started on Wednesday. . .well, my co-workers might say that it started on Monday with the symptoms of me being a horrid, cranky ragi...

[On the subject of forgiveness. . .please forgive me for not writing for over a week. Between work, work, work and work. . .and now THE FLU, I’ve been down for the count. I’ve missed you ladies terribly and am going to spend the next hour. . .or ...

In some other life, I made love in a garden full of Osmanthus. Or maybe I fell in love while standing next to that fragrant shrub. It's possible that I was born, married and buried with that scent in my head. All I know is that when that musky, fruit...