Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

My neighbor called first thing this morning.  He and his wife have been wonderful neighbors since the day we moved to the country nine years ago.  We’ve had a great neighborly relationship with them.  Admiring one another’s critters.  Talking about our plans for our places.  They are both trained paramedics and the first year we…

I don’t live in the mountains.  In fact, I’ve lived my entire life in a valley.  As a child, I can remember my folks  taking me on occasional trips to the mountains for a summer picnic or a winter romp in the snow.  Going to the mountains, though, has always been a special treat. Last…

Copper’s dad belongs to a motorcycle club for current and retired police officers.  His group had an outing Father’s Day weekend, so we weren’t able to celebrate and with him then.  However, we had a wonderful time celebrating Father’s Day a week late last night!   My husband BBQ’d hamburgers as everyone was arriving.  Our sister-in-law…

Today looked to be an ideal day.  A superb Saturday!  The weatherman called for temperatures in the mid  80’s with a lovely, cool southwest breeze.  Though the afternoon’s temperatures actually climbed to the mid 90’s, that wonderful breeze kept things comfortable.  We ended up leaving the house open all day (lured by the weatherman’s faulty…

We headed to town to run a few errands today and stopped in at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop.  They were having a “red, white & blue” sale.  I scored two nearly new 2′ x 3′ rugs, which will work in my entry, kitchen or mud room.  The rugs were just $3 each.  …

     Dani came up with a wonderful version of Panini (a wonderful grilled sandwich).  Of course, we do not have a Panini press, but that didn’t stop Danielle!  She found an herbed focaccia bread recipe and just went from there.  She shared her recipe and how-to instructions (pictures included!) on her blog today.      Also,…

I wanted to share a few of these pictures with you yesterday.  It turns out that xanga (my blog service) sufferred a Denial of Service attack. If you tried to find me yesterday and couldn’t, that’s the reason why. Just for fun, here are some of my favorite scenes from recent days at home……………. Conversations…

I finished up my Poolside Retreat Saturday evening!  Before I give all the details, let me say that I know that it’s not “magazine” pretty, but it did meet the goals I set.   What I wanted was a pretty little sitting area in the back yard close to the pool so that I could watch the boys swim.   I started this project…