Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching, the official close of the summer season. Yikes! I am not even going to mention how fast the summer—the whole year!—is flying by, but it’s going at breakneck speed don’t you think?

It's finally here, plum cake season. To some people summer means vacations, long sunny days or casual Fridays at work. One of the things that makes summer for me is plum cake season. WOo HOo!!

In honor of my mom’s 88th birthday today I am playing remember when. She loves that game. Three years ago we took the trip of a lifetime to Norway. This is how it went…