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Happy New Year!
I’ve enjoyed watching as we’ve scrolled through social media, discussing and posting our chosen word… “word” for the year… like EASY or MINDFUL or KIND. Oohhh, those are all so very good. “You know in a world where you can be ANYTHING, be KIND.” It’s EASY and MINDFUL to be KIND. I love new beginnings…
A Farmhouse Table That Dug A Well In Haiti
Have you ever had a farmhouse table that dug a well in Haiti? I have one and it is AAAHHH MAAAAZING! My friend said, “Hey, I’m having a yard sale of items that people have donated to me. Stop by if you get a chance.” So I stopped. And I plundered through faded cookbooks from…
When Blue Confetti Fell From the Sky
Remember late last summer when I was wondering where July went? And we were longing for more fireworks and sparklers and strawberry lemonade on the porch and homemade vanilla ice cream? And we were busy meeting heads of cauliflower and Saturday was busy handing us snow cones. Well, the other day, dreary over cast rainy…
When the Outcome is Improbable
After the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, more than one text came through to my phone asking me if Philip’s pick for the “Run for the Roses” won. I talked about his choice in this post. No, sadly the horse he had been watching didn’t win…but with Saturday’s outcome, it’s looking like there is a very…
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know ~ don’t just show up as a spectator
The room sizzled with awkward beauty attributed to pre-teenage girls. Chatter bounced from one to the other about boys and who’s dating and clothes and half-up-half-down-hairstyles and whether “so and so’s” “winged eyeliner” was on. point. Keeping myself right smack dab in the middle of the dream-filled youthful conversation, I said, “Always remember, no matter what,…
Your Words Matter
When I first moved to Indiana, if I said, “I’m fixin’ to…” (do whatever it was, like go to the store, or get dressed or leave the building) I ALWAYS got a sideways glance with a raised eyebrow expressing… what does THAT mean? “FIXIN’ TO” So I changed the words I used, and the way…