Category Archives: Life As a Shared Adventure

Another “oh, dear!”: It wouldn’t be hard to find a lot more — I spend a lot of time learning about what is going on in the world, and also countering it with some of the suggestions in the food-for-thought … Continue reading →

I love the way their different interests mesh. Here is another food-for-thougth video: April 22, 2026

Balloon Update: After 17 weeks we finally disposed of it. It had a long run! April 21, 2026

And here is another food-for-thought video. April 20, 2026

When I wrote Wasted — A Golden Opportunity I assumed Betty and Bub’s boy was still a young child because he was so short. But then I realized if he were a teen Betty and Bub were doing the right … Continue reading →

That reminds me of The secret of happiness is to ask yourself every day:   (1) What’s good about my life?   (2) What needs to be done?   (3) How can I get this done and enjoy the process? And this, This … Continue reading →

I love Betty and Bub because they are so good-natured and unpretentious. And here they are enjoying the process of renovating their basement, not just focusing on the end result. Good for them and their creators, Gary Delainey and Gerry … Continue reading →

I didn’t expect this, but Andy and I can identify with plunging into a project and seeing what happens. We bought our land up in the mountains in 1976, fifty years ago this fall. And the number of projects we’ve … Continue reading →

I’m guessing Betty won’t have any problem breaking the job down into smaller steps. What do you think? On another subject, I read about this alarm clock, Clocky, yesterday. It’s for heavy sleepers who reach over and shut off the … Continue reading →

I didn’t understand this one, especially the word “reno” so I asked AI. The “reno game” just means renovation, and Harry Potter would have been good at it because he has a magic wand to do the work. Bub doesn’t … Continue reading →