BP Note: Welcome to 2026! Thanks for taking a look at our first Must Haves for the year. I hope each of us make the most of the year that we can despite or perhaps in-spite of *waves hands* all the things going on around us. I wish you joy and peace and the ability […]

BP Note: Welcome to December! We are approaching both the longest and shortest days of the year when we give thanks for the returning of the sun and for the harvest to come based on your hemisphere. I meant to have this post up early as part of the American Thanksgiving weekend but I spent

BP Note: Welcome to November. The month of my favorite US Holiday, Thanksgiving, because it is all about the food. I am hoping that we are able to find things to be Thankful for as life in these times seems to be growing ever more stressful. It is also the last month of the year

BP Note: Welcome to Oct and life in interesting times continues. In light of that please look out for each other. Spare a kind word or considerate gesture for someone. We don’t know what upsetting information they might have just received. And your actions could make all the difference. Besides, you might get a mental

BP Note: Welcome to the end of summer, a rather more eventful summer than many would prefer… As you are reading this I will be neck deep in moving boxes as I conclude my cross-country move, a little over two years since my last cross-country move. I am looking forward to only finding my interesting

BP Note: Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. These are the hot, lazy, humid, brassy sky days when you just want to sit in front of a fan, eating frozen treats and reading a good book. Or lazing at the beach enjoying the cooling ocean breezes and reading a good