by Dorothy Greco | Nov 22, 2012 | Blog, Health & Wellness
As we pulled into the hotel carport, a barely clad, exceedingly drunk woman came staggering out of the restaurant and slurred, “I’m not staying in this place. There’s rats here.” My youngest looked at me, eyes full of question marks and implored my husband to get...
by Dorothy Greco | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Spirituality
I was near tears as I wrote the check for the exterminator. This was our third unexpected, substantial expense in as many months. The amount reflected four weeks of work for me. Hard, physical work. Work that I cannot depend on due to my self-employed status. I...
by Dorothy Greco | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog, Marriage & Family
My nephew just spent the week with us. From 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM, he played Phase Ten, Yahtzee, and ping pong, bounced on the trampoline, learned to dive, discovered our dog loves ice cubes and outlasted all five of us everyday. In between practice dives, he...
by Dorothy Greco | Oct 30, 2011 | Blog, Health & Wellness, Spirituality
I woke at 5:00 AM to the sound of wood scraping against the clapboard. The three birch trees outside our bedroom had gone from upright to nearly horizontal in the course of the night. It was a brutal storm. Since we’ve not yet had a killing frost, most trees were...
