Category: Writing

     Two unusual topics collided in my brain this weekend. Are you surprised? Um, that I have a brain? Or that two topics occupied the same lone space? Kinda like two cats wandering around in a vacant warehouse, I suppose. Oh well. On with my two topics.      Aprons and crowns. Now…stay with…

      Hey! What do you think about this new trend called ‘urban farming’? You know….when folks in the city contribute to community gardens, have chicken coops, and the like? I think it is a great idea!! My heart’s burning desire is to someday own a miniature donkey, and since I am kinda tied…

          Autumn. Fall. This is my season. “Colors of the wind” could honestly be the tag line for this time of year. The sweaty, draining heat of summer has exited and the brisk coolness whispers to my heart. The Creator decorates every tree and shrub with a coat of many colors,…

Just the other day I was thinking a lot about Life. Cereal, that is. I love Life cereal. Always have. Even back in the day when the commercial featured little round faced, dark hair, Mikey. Remember the tag line? “Have Mikey try it. He’ll eat anything!” I have had an ongoing love affair with cereal.…

Recently, I got to spend the weekend with all four of my adult kids. It took a lot of planning, money, and sacrifice on the parts of the daughter and sons-in law to hold down the fort in my kids’ absence. We gathered in Tampa for a wedding set on a cruise ship. After the…

I did a wedding this weekend. No, no, I didn’t perform the ceremony, but I helped coordinate the rehearsal and all of the bazillion things that a bride and groom must do to become married. You know…the wedding party, flowers, music, gowns, candles, etc. All of the details that make most folks crazy when they’ve…

September 11th….for most of America it was a day of tough memories, remembrance, service, and reflection. A day to utter prayers for those people whose lives changed forever. It matters not if we knew them personally; grief and loss are pretty universal. And as we remembered the victims, we honored those heroes…ordinary people who woke…

Took the three older grand-kiddos to the movie last weekend. Yep, the two kindergarten grandsons were uninvited. On purpose. Now before you go writing hate mail to me, let just say this: “Mr. Poppers Penguins.” See, I used to read that book when I taught second grade. So when the movie was released I called…

Not so long ago, an acquaintance asked me what I had done to raise such great kids. Immediately, I started scrolling through my mind and could not come up with any quick or clever answers. I even smiled at how many moments I felt they deserved a better mother. One that wasn’t tired, short-tempered, too…

Got a bill in the mail. Okay…so that is a pretty boring way to begin a blog. And way too realistic. But let me continue. My house is old and I have a mail slot with a little wooden door and so the postal contents fall on the floor. Okay…when the bills spill out of…