GCR Women

I know, I know.  It's still September and yesterday, the temperature reached 108 o !     But when I went to the grocery store today and saw those orange harbingers of fall, I just couldn't help myself.  I bought three pumpkins.   And not just any pumpkins.  Nope, I bought three Warty Goblin pumpkins!  They're orange with green and orange warts all over them like something out of a Harry Potter movie.  I might have been able to pass them by but my three had the cutest curled stems.  Like I said - I just couldn't help myself.  I fell in love with them immediately - warts and all.   In fact, I think it's because they have those goofy warts that I love them.  They make me smile. What do you look for in a pumpkin?  Do you select yours for its color, its shape, its stem?  Do you imagine what it will look like when it's carved into a spooky Jack-O-Lantern lighting up your front porch?  Or how pretty it will look in your fall centerpiece all nestled in a basket wit

A wildfire rages out of control. A tornado cuts a path of destruction across a state.  A hurricane devastates town after town with damaging winds and floodwaters.  And the call goes out:  "Evacuate!  Get out now!" Watching the news footage of Hurricane Harvey, we looked around the house and asked ourselves:  what would we take if we had to leave in a hurry? Photos? Clothes? Computer? Medicine? That music box from Virginia? Our wedding china? The cut glass tray my grandfather gave to my grandmother when they got married? Ma and Pa's anniversary clock? What's important? Like most people, I've spent my life collecting.  My collection of treasures fills my home, each item holding a special memory.  How would I choose which I'd take? Well. certainly, time would help me decide.  What would I have time to pack?  Then, room.  How much room would I have to load with my possessions?  What would I take? It might not be a bad idea to give it some serious