The Ultimate Prescription … for Happiness
Food. Yes, food. I know, most folks will resort to the alcoholic beverage of their choice when faced with life’s …
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Only In Hollywood …
… could the movie end like this. Now why do we go to the movies? Escapism. And in my case …
It’s A Weakness … What Can I Say?
Chocolate. What can I say? It didn’t start out that way. Really it didn’t. It started out with My Friend …
How Real Are False Teeth …
… and does it really matter, after all? Lest you think I am totally off the wall on this entry, …
No Purse Left Behind … A Day In … Paradise?
When the morning started off the way my morning started off, I didn’t expect much of the day. Silly me. …
The Story of Kathy and Holly … 40 years later
Did you ever have a best friend? I’m talking about the kind of best friend that takes you through thick …
A New Angel In Heaven … the Rest of the Story …
The day started like any other recent day … Sunny … Summer … with one large exception. Today was the …
It WAS going to be Ironies in Ice Cream Land but …
You know, I’m a novice in this blogging arena. So I am here to tell you that I had a …
A Texas Style Yupanoper?
A what? A Yupanoper? OK. If you know what this is, you are fifty-two steps ahead of where I was …
You and Me and Rain on the Roof … and Floor …
… and porch … and … For those of you who read this blog regularly, you know that last …
JoePa? … Or No-ePa ….
What a great idea …. she said … go back to the scene of the crime. Well, to the scene …
A Ride, A View and … A Winery?
Now some of you may be wondering what a respectable basic non-drinker like myself was doing in a Winery … …
Did Someone Say Happy Birthday?
Today is my dear friend Texas Linda’s kjhkuueth Birthday. That did come out readable, right? So let’s see if I …
Do I know you? Really??
Okay, so here I sit at the fundraiser for the man who will most likely win the election in the …
And just when I thought there was nothing happy to write about …
… I saw this. No, not out my window. I wish. And then … Okay, let me back up a …
Didn’t I just sweep there?
Okay … so maybe this isn’t making me totally joyful … but it will … I swear it will … eventually …
Culture, Espionage … and a Good Nap
It’s not that I fancy myself either incredibly cultured or the next James Bond imitator, but such was my Happy Holly …
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death …
… and with those immortal words spoken by Rosalind Russell as Auntie Mame … thus begineth the Happy Holly Project entry for the day …
Coffee, Tea or … Lightning? (Part I)
Oh, I’ll take coffee, with a side order of lightning, please. Well, as I may have mentioned yesterday, I have …
And the Journey Begins …
What journey you ask? Well once upon a time there was a Little Girl … who lived in a Little …
The Stupidest Bird … Ever …
You know, it is really nice to wake up … knowing that today I will be on the lookout for …
No Joy in Happy Valley
So I find myself in the absurd position today of being perhaps the only happy person in all of Happy …
The Happiness Project?? … What the …
Huh? The … what?? What the … Of all the … You’ve gotta be … But I thought … Oh …
Erma Bombeck … really?
You know, I WAS going to call this “Emails and Facebook Posts” … not too catchy, granted … but one …
Rainy Days and Fridays …
… always get me down … or was that Rainy Days and Mondays? No matter. The day is positively dreary …
Some Days There Is No Happiness … Only Angels
As most of you know, I started this project as a means of dealing with my grief and heartbreak …
Ben & Jerry, Joe Paterno and Me
Heat (95 degrees), humidity (pushing 70 percent), severe thunderstorms (any minute now) … Once again, the weather challenges me to …
Desperate times call for desperate measures
The heartache that caused me to start this journey into discovering my writing muse is kicking me up one side …
The dangers of Diminished Hearing, a Public Restaurant and a Secret
“But just between you and me …” OK, so today my Happy Holly Project thing was to do something totally …
I have a Pileated Woodpecker … honest I do …
… said the blogging woman as she spoke on the phone. OK, about this woodpecker. I first saw this magnificent …
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