• Musings from the Bungalow

    Shopping anyone?

    August 11, 2025 My recent retirement has me trying new things, like jumping in to Amazon associate world. You can browse and shop several of our family favorites here! Nothing fancy, just products we like and really use. Products added often:) MY AMAZON LINK TREE HERE (as well as a few other favs) Needle threader anyone? Click here 🙂 It’s…

  • Musings from the Bungalow

    It is Official.

    August 8, 2025 How do you feel? Do you love being retired? How’s retirement? All summer these well meaning questions have been asked, with an expected answer of , “It’s the BEST!” My surprising consistent reply has been the same, “I don’t know, it just feels like ‘summer Becky’ right now.” Summer Becky is what my mind and body know.…

  • Musings from the Bungalow

    “To’ksa

    August 1, 2025 Toksa-for many years I taught my students this Lakota Sioux word as it means “see you later” in their native tongue. A kind Sioux native explained its meaning to me and I began to hold its meaning close, for I love the connection it holds when it’s time to part. It leaves space for seeing one another…