Last week the husband of a sweet teacher at my school was killed in a tragic accident. All of us who know and love Shana and her daughter Lexie are hurting for them. I am not sure we have a word for what they are experiencing right now in our English language, but devastated comes… Continue reading A time for everything
Visiting Peter Random observation - the Vatican and St. Peter's The second leg of our Europe trip was to Rome, with its layers and layers of ancient and not so ancient history. The first place to go was of course the Vatican and Sistine Chapel, with Saint Peter's Basilica next door. The Vatican museums… Continue reading Visiting Peter
The half done cross stitch in the bag in the attic. The pie safe that I refinished 25 years ago that still has the bottom doors off. The yellow paint on the wall over the top of my cabinets in my otherwise white kitchen. The photo albums that look great from 1988 - 1993 and… Continue reading Struggling to Finish
Back in the beginning of May, my son Adam and I took my dream trip to Paris and Rome. I am just now taking time to pull together some thoughts and observances that I had, so here is a first installment: We were surprised to see that people in Paris and Rome don't always walk… Continue reading Kids and dogs on the streets of Paris
As the ad for the garden center says - "Time to go play in the dirt!" - now that summer is here, it is my time to play in my flower garden. We started working several years ago on a large area for my "play garden". Keith marked off a large kidney shaped area, had… Continue reading Time to play in the dirt
Under the Magnolia Tree 