A pair of Energetic Elves stopped by on Christmas Eve-eve … to lend a hand with one last round of cookie-baking.
Continue readingToday’s find: Silly songs
Today’s find: Making room
Things got a little tight in our family room yesterday.
Continue readingToday’s find: Gloom, dispelled
It wasn’t a “driving” rain exactly. More like “steady,” the winds mercifully silent as we made our wet way along Front Street for the four-minute walk from the prison’s entry house to the chapel deep inside the grounds yesterday.
Continue readingDisplaced
I’ve got just about everything I need while on retreat this weekend. Except shampoo. And my hairbrush. And an extension cord to power my CPAP breathing machine.
Other than that, I’m good.
Continue readingToday’s find: Crew-cut
Our slender tender hydrangea tree has taken a beating in recent days.
Continue readingToday’s find: Home warranty
Our house is coming apart at the seams. Literally.
Continue readingToday’s find: Bagged
After 31 autumns (give or take) in this place, you’d think I’d learn: what seems at the outset like a “3-bag job” will inevitably require more.
Continue readingToday’s find: Widow’s mite
In recent days, I’ve noticed a common refrain among friends and acquaintances when I mention that we’re hosting a 97th birthday party for my Mom.
“Wow!!” they say. “Wow!”
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