Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse A few years ago, Daughter was offered the job of a lifetime. No, it doesn’t make a ton of money nor does it carry with it a load of fame. But the people she has met, the friendships she has made, the expansion of soul from a myriad of off-the-beaten-pathContinue reading “Bus Stop Art”
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So Long, Summer 2023
It’s part procrastination, part I-don’t-wanna-see-summer-end, and part this-is-gonna-be-coooooold that I wait til October to close the pool. Husband, shivering Well, it’s officially the end of summer here at our house as Husband puts the finishing touches on closing the pool. He seldom gets to this task in September, though we’ve never gotten into November withContinue reading “So Long, Summer 2023”
Happy 27th, FourthSon
He’s my fourth son… and among FiveBeautifulSouls who have taught me more about Life and Love and Forgiveness and Hope and Surrender than any others. Thank you, FourthSon and cheers to you, to us, on your 27th! Me AKA “Mammy” He calls me Mammy. Paw and Mammy. He’s just so funny and incredibly responsible, logical,Continue reading “Happy 27th, FourthSon”
My Favorite Chore
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. Laura Ingalls Wilde I am one of those weirdos who actually enjoys making a list of chores and doing them. Among my favorite to-do’s: (Some of my least:) Mowing the lawn ranks up there as my top three faves. I love seeing that the jobContinue reading “My Favorite Chore”
A Message To Young Me
You will say and do and dream and err and triumph over and over again between now and then… enjoy every moment of it. 58 year old me to Young Me Met with a friend today. You know you’re getting on in years when you can say, “I’ve known her for almost 30 years.” Yeah,Continue reading “A Message To Young Me”
Lessons From FurButt
You are the best Mama ever and I will lick your face to prove it. Gia Augustine-Glasier I could write a blog post about FurButt every single day. There’s always something that she’s teaching me. Because she’s so wise and full of hugs and kisses, I figure she comes from Someplace Else like Heaven orContinue reading “Lessons From FurButt”
No Ordinary Spider
Well it seems to me that you’re a little off… it seems to me that we have no ordinary spider. Mrs. Zuckerman, Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White I loved this book when I was a kid. Read it numerous times and I hardly ever do that. Once and done. But oh that Charlotte. IContinue reading “No Ordinary Spider”
A Tree Named Iris
He who plants trees, loves others besides himself. M. L. King, Jr. We planted Iris today. She beautiful! Mother-in-law gifted her to us for our 35th wedding anniversary. Did I mention that she’s beautiful? Long branches, and many of them! Oh, the promise of hundreds of apples… apple pie, apple cobbler, apple streusel, applesauce… andContinue reading “A Tree Named Iris”
When Life Is Unfair
Life, I’ve learned, is never fair. If people teach anything in school, that should be it. Landon Carter, A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks I remember well my Spanish teacher in high school. He would end each and every class, “adios… and remember, ninos, life es no fair.” I also remember thinking, “well shit,Continue reading “When Life Is Unfair”
Pants And Soup
I had to wear pants today. PANTS! I hate pants. I hate clothes in general. Gah, the feel of fabric on my skin. No. Hard no. But… as summer ebbs its way into autumn, pants. Because, more than hating the feel of pants, I loathe being cold. I can’t change the inevitable changing of seasons.Continue reading “Pants And Soup”
Writing Every Day Down 