I mentioned earlier that I was taking a class on writing personal essays from Sheila Bender. The feedback has been very good, both from Sheila and from my fellow classmates. A great deal of effort has gone into describing what each of us is doing right and what can use improvement. The first essay was…
My favorite boy toy and I made homemade pizza for supper. Yum! We even made the pizza dough from scratch. We had fun, it tasted good, and it was a nice change of pace for our supper. Shall I make you drool? Several years ago, Mother Earth News had an article with a new idea…
I’ve been taking a break from my blog rather unexpectedly. So what was I doing instead? Well, I was: Writing Cooking Reading Sleeping Writing – Several weeks ago, I started an on-line course from Sheila Bender, author of books about journaling and turning journals into personal essays. The timing wasn’t the greatest, but I’ve been…
Today’s theme for Six Word Friday is “over” and what popped into my head was: Sometimes grass IS greener over there. Now I’m not saying that I want to spend my time envying what others have or being ungrateful for what I have myself. That is a surefire way to make myself miserable and reaching…
Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. Sarah Ban Breathnach
This week’s theme for Six Word Friday is “return”. It is a good description of my daughter helping me plant the garden this last weekend: Order returns to the garden again. I ended last year’s garden feeling pretty discouraged. The tomatoes either rotted or got eaten, and while we picked a fair amount of winter squash,…
For the second year, our daughter has been able to travel to Virginia and spend some time with us for the Easter holiday. We’ve had fun shopping at the local nursery and working on the yard. I did put in a garden and will post about that later. These pictures are from this morning –…
I did go to the botanical gardens for a spring walk last Sunday afternoon. My intention was to share my walk with you, the things I thought about, and the things I saw. But life isn’t going that way. As I write this, I am less than an hour away from my daughter arriving for…
FOR TODAY – Saturday Evening, March 31 Outside my window… it’s dark outside. The days are staying light much longer now. The rains from earlier have passed and the stars are shining brightly. I am thinking… that I had a good day today. I read a whole book at one time (yippee!), took a long…
Living The Seasons 