Jeannie Caryn

I started writing this blog before Mother's Day and somehow, the month is almost gone!  I have lost a couple weeks to having Covid as well as moving my daughter home for the summer from UGA, focusing on ending the…

Hey-- "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it" -- Ferris Beuller.

And how right Ferris was!  This movie came out in 1986, the year I graduated high school.   I…

As the bowl of chocolate chips might reveal, I am stressed.  There are many great coping mechanisms for this-- cleaning the house, doing yard work, playing with the dogs..and then the cats....and I have tried all of those things today…

I went to sleep very heavyhearted. I know better than to read any news before bedtime, but after a long drive to Athens, GA, and back, I found myself scrolling on Twitter.  We have problems here in the US, no…

I took this picture first thing this morning while the dogs roamed the grass, soaking up as much outside time as possible before the storms.  And I thought to myself, a fire is burning.  

Fire is brilliant, warm, necessary.  Fire…

Since the 1980s, I've had a crush on Bruce Willis.  And every Christmas, my kids and I have watched the Die Hard movies (Yes, that's a Christmas movie!)  But now, he has aphasia.  I am so sad for him and…

Day ONE 

Will Smith smacked Chris Rock in the face on Sunday at the Oscars.  I saw it on Twitter the next day. And I was like, I need someone to smack me in the face to wake me up…