I love the creativity I see all around me. We do so much shopping in big box stores, online, stores that sell manufactured items made in China, that we can lose sight of all the wondrous things that are made right here in the good ole' USA; and not just stuff made in manufacturing plants… Continue reading CRAFTY PEOPLE IN THEIR VARIOUS FORMS!
T'was the night before chaos and all through the house, not a creature was stirring....then in the still of the night: a soft clink, pause, clink. I sat up and stared into the darkness. Clink.. I shoved my husband, "what is that sound?" He stirred, "huh?" "Listen," I said. He sat up. Another soft clink,… Continue reading AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN AND THE FLOOD CAME UP!
My jade tree and I go back a ways. I had it back before things went all wrong. I bought it small and had no idea how big it would grow to be. It moved with me from my family home into the little house I rented across town, where it sat on the front… Continue reading MY JADE TREE AND LIFE’S STRUGGLES
My great-grandmother was a young mother at the turn of the twentieth century; living in a tiny town in northeast Texas. My great-grandfather was a blacksmith. The early nineteen hundreds were still a part of the old west, but it was a fairly peaceful time. It was a time when people were mostly self sufficient,… Continue reading MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The day of love! Everyone is buying cards, candy or some token to give to someone in expression of their love. It's fun...working at Walmart for so many years I can't tell you how many men -husbands or boyfriends - who showed up the night before to buy something for that special woman in their… Continue reading VALENTINE’S DAY
I love to grow things. I started growing plants when my firstborn was still a toddler. At first it was strictly in pots and every pot was a hanging pot; came from my exposure to the hippie community in the town where we lived. Very slowly, it progressed to putting flowers in small plots of… Continue reading GARDENING IS A JOY
When I started this blog I wanted to write in such a way that my reader could feel comfortable and relaxed while he or she read what I had written; like we were just kicking back on the front porch having a good visit; friends chatting about whatever was on their mind and sharing good… Continue reading WALKING MY HIGH PLACES BY FAITH
I have been looking at my yard and the mess it is in and I have decided that this year will be a year of change! I have 1/3 of an acre and the front and back yards are both fairly large. There is a chain link fence around most of the property except for… Continue reading SPRING IS ON ITS WAY!
Sometimes it feels like love has moved away. It's not gone, but it's out of reach; growing up into its own time of change and renewal.
Since retiring I have not had the opportunity to visit with people I know and like. Every job I have had over the past 20 years has been with the public...the Public Library, the local grammar school, and Walmart and most of my contact with other people over that period of time was at work;… Continue reading OPEN DOORS AND NEW PATHS
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