I’m grateful for every good day and I’m grateful for good memories. This month has me contemplating back over the last forty years. ‘Cause truth be told, forty sounds like a loooooonnnnggg time, when you think about it. It really makes me giggle, because inside I don’t feel all that old, or grown up or […]
Actions, Attributes and Aims That Matter
The beginning of May found us celebrating Renae and her high school graduation. Friends and family gathered with us and shared a lovely evening celebrating this milestone for Renae. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for us and my heart is still singing grateful. We gathered in our backyard, the one with the Kansas […]
It Happened Like This
It Happened Like This. I had it planned in my head and a little bit on my planner. I’d written “Pages and Project post” in black ink on my planner page on the column for Wednesday morning. I have a couple of books that are a bit overdue for review. Not really, except for […]
Of Dreams and Truck Driving
Once upon a time, long long ago, seventeen-years-long-and-SHORT-ago, after a long, long wait and labor, a big-eyed baby girl was born. She had a soft wisp of dark hair, chibby-chubby cheeks and a little button nose just right for kissing. This girl was cuddled and loved and she grew into a chattery toddler cherub. She […]
A Washer and A Dryer and a Memory or Twenty
Twenty years old. This washer&dryer. They’ve seen a few loads of laundry between then and now. They’ve churned away at a lot of dirt and grease from my farmer man’s jeans, cycled who-knows-how-many-times and fluffed a lot of loads to dryness. Blankets. Sheets. Dear, dear baby laundry. Load after load of everyday laundry. Laundry from […]
Today I Want To Eat At My Grandma’s Table
Think ~ Write ~ Thursday Linking up with Carole ~ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Remember the times when we would pull around the bend in the drive and come to a stop in front of the garage? We’d tumble eagerly out of the car and head for the door, knowing we’d be greeted with delicious smells and warm […]
Books I’d Like To Read Again For the First Time
It’s Think Write Thursday over at Carole Knits! The topic? Write about a book you wish you could read again for the first time. Well. We all know I probably can’t talk about only ONE book! Here’s a few I’m going to mention. The Blue Castle. You can read my post I wrote about it […]
Hello February 2017 ~ A Burlap Runner, Some Yellow Roses and a Story
It’s Think Write Thursday over at Carole’s…………. Today’s topic is HELLO FEBRUARY!!! This subject is fun for me since I wrote a long run of Hello Monday posts that morphed into Memoir Monday posts and then ran their course for that season and time. Along with greeting February with a cheery hello, we’re welcoming this […]
My Spin On 2016 Best Nine
If you are on Instagram, you may have seen #2016bestnine posted. Something about these nine squares fitted into one square fascinate me. I love to look at them. You can go to the site 2016bestnine.com and input your Instagram name and it will give you “your best nine”. Your best nine are calculated by the pictures that […]
Eve’s First Mistake
I am so excited to bring you this guest post from my dear blogger friend, Jenni. She has been on a blogging break, but her words are a blessing and you would enjoy going over and browsing through her blog. She has lots of inspiration. Her words. Her ideas. Her projects. The fun things she […]
Yarn Along {And Baby Dress}
Good Morning! Wednesday. Yarn Along! Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams. {affiliate links included} All my projects are about the same ole, same ole. Rather like last week. Back in October, I pulled out a sweet little sweater set from the cedar chest that my aunt made for my baby daughter, to share at […]
BECAUSE, Haiti
Last week, one evening I was hurting and aching and I wanted to accomplish several more things and it SIMPLY was not going to happen. Instead of pausing and reflecting on what I had done and thinking on the things I COULD celebrate, I started to slip into a SELF-PITY party. Because sometimes it just […]
Orange and Yellow, Pumpkins and Corn
My mother would tell me stories about going to her Grandma’s house and the memories she had from there. One of those things was corn candy. Her Grandma always had a dish of corn candy and her grandchildren were delighted with this. And she called it corn candy, not candy corn. I like how […]
In Which We Wander On the Beach
In the early morning stillness and sunshine we wander on the beach. My daughter and my niece and I. We take pictures. And the girls get silly and my niece proclaims “I am a crab,” in a falsetto tone and we laugh and I snap pictures and remember all the times, my teenage friends and […]
Apricots and Sugar
Sometimes it rains. Sometimes you have a plan for the day. Sometimes the to-do list just sits and waits. Sometimes you call your farmer man and say, “It rained. Of course, you have nothing to do since it rained so……….” Sometimes you notice apricots on the counter. Sometimes you sprinkle sugar on the counter around […]
A Few Memories and Collectibles From My Grandma
I’ve been thinking I’d post about a few things I brought home which had belonged to my Grandma. She went home to Jesus back in December and no longer needed one earthly thing! Isn’t that just pretty awesome to think about how everything we need is supplied for us when we go to our HOME […]