Our lives are getting a little humdrum with the weather ever changing from one day to the next.

If one is fortunate enough to have the time, curl up with that book you have been promising to read.  Here on the acres, the world seems asleep with an occasional twit from birds raiding the feeders. Windsong flows through tall fir trees sweetly calling like the Sirens of mythology; come out, come out and walk among us.

I love each season, but after a bit I do find myself longing for the next. Although, with each season comes different chores that have to be done.

A good friend emailed some interesting household hints a while back. If you happen to be like me, you don’t always have the neatest linen shelf or drawer, and are always on the hunt for the matching pillowslips. A handy idea of solving this problem is to fold your sets of bed linens and put them in matching pillowcases, then neatly pile one on top of the other.

Something else I hadn’t thought of is putting a nylon stocking over a vacuum hose end to find earring backs and other tiny items that fall on the floor.

Also, save the different colored plastic tags that come off bread wrappers as they can be used as labels on each computer plug in. With a marker, put an identity letter on it. Don pulled the plugs out one time after the power had been off. What a mess it was getting them in the right places again, so this is a great idea.

For some odd reason, I have always been a collector of inane sayings and cute stories. That’s actually how my column title came into being in the Kingston Community News, because I wanted to share my idiosyncrasy with others.

While glancing through my old daily journals the other day, I came across a few fancy ticklers that some may remember, but others may not. This one is a no brainier by then Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who remarked,  “Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said,, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive,’ but of course those who died, their lives will never be the same again.” (You think!)

Another little tale is told on Texas Speaker of the House Gib Lewis, to a group of people in wheelchairs on Disability Day. “And now, will   y’all   stand and be recognized?” I’d say that was a real faux pax.

This next remark is a bit of wisdom by President Nixon that is still apropos. “It’s the responsibility of the media to look at the President with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope.” Amen! On an added note, most of what we’re hearing from Congress today doesn’t make any sense either, does it?

By the way, keep checking your bank accounts. Banks are trying to fee for every tiny service. And hotels are adding more fees, like a fee for parking when you arrived in a cab. Verizon wanted to put on a new fee and people hollered. Complain, my friends, loud and clear, and let them know you aren’t going to take it anymore, because I’m sure not going to!

Please remember the Kingston food bank when you’re shopping, for the need is great.

— Contact columnist Jacque Thornton at jacquejt@centurytel.net