I don’t know what your refrigerator looks like but mine is a hodge podge–I’m talking about the outside, of course. Pictures of family through the years, of friends, cartoons or clever sayings. But, believe me, each piece of memorabilia is there for a very good reason! Sara’s and Nathan’s pictures and Dayla’s children pictures and cards […]
Dec 5, 2014
Decorations
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Yesterday, Sara, Nathan and I carried boxes of Christmas decorations in from the garage. Among the Yuletide items was my Advent calendar. My husband’s sister made that cloth calendar when Matt was small. I hung it on the wall and Sara and Nathan pinned on the small animals that mark the days until Christmas. That’s a ritual with […]
Dec 3, 2014
Books and Briskly Blowing Breezes
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Before the cold front moved in, we had warm temps and briskly blowing breezes. Leaves sailed through the air like small russet ships on a turbulent ocean. The sun shone and that was nice but all that huffing and puffing blew in more wintry weather. The authors’ book signing at Night Bird Books in Fayetteville last week was an experience. It’s […]
Dec 2, 2014
Waxing and Waning
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Last night, I saw parts of old television programs starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. I do believe that a person has to have attained a certain number of years before he/she can remember Tennessee Ernie. The program last night showed the first Tennessee Ernie TV programs, in black and white. Yet, I remember being mesmerized by […]
Dec 1, 2014
My Sister Helen
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In any family, there is a birth order. We can read books on the subject and discover why older, middle, and younger children behave as they do. Perhaps those studies are reliable and the theories are true or perhaps they are just generalizations because there is always somebody who breaks the mold. In our large family, there were […]
Nov 29, 2014
We Here Below
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Each time the big airliner that took us to Ireland lifted off from the airport or came in to land, I marveled at how tiny houses, rivers, trees were below me. Have you heard the saying, “above it all”? Looking down on earth, I knew that in those houses and along those streets, people were […]
