Somebody's Child
The cold weather has set in and I haven't done as well walking the imaginary dog lately. I walked ahead of a snowstorm last week. I was in a hurry to get to the creek and back, both before the snow...
View ArticleIt Snowed
Last Wednesday it snowed! In these parts we have had a very un-snowy winter so far. Our approximately 2 and a half inch snow last week was more than twice the total snowfall already this winter. It...
View ArticleOld Friends/ Bookends
Once upon a time in a different state, some would call it the state of confusion, when I was young and single and carefree, I had a friend who lived in an apartment 2 doors down from my apartment. We...
View ArticleLast Word
I am upset with a family member. They posted something on social media that I disagreed with. In fact they regularly post things that make me mad. But, the things aren't personally about me, I just...
View ArticleIn A Hurry
I don't do well when I am in a hurry. I have made some terrible mistakes. I need to remind myself to slow down. I need to remember that a missed opportunity will probably come again. I need to...
View ArticleBoring Post--Granddaughter
My little granddaughter is hilarious. At almost 10 months she appears to have a thing for purses. She ignores all of my other bags and searches for my purse. She can already open the zipper. There...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,Thank You for the quiet beauty of winter. Thank You for the challenges and the hardships that winter sometimes brings. Thank You for guiding me in Your Love. I praise You and I honor You, God...
View ArticleSmall Victories
I love it when I figure out how to solve my own problems. It doesn't happen all that often that a problem that I have with my house is solved by me without paying someone or calling my son for advice...
View ArticleFrench Toast Emergency
After all of that lack of snow bragging, it is finally hitting. We had snow on the weekend. Pre-pandemic it would be everyone running to the store for milk, bread and eggs even if they never ate...
View ArticleImaginary Dog
I am still walking that imaginary dog nearly every day. I think and think about whether I want to get a real dog someday. I have imagined that the dogs I see with other people were mine and imagine...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
I used to do a thankful Thursday. Since I restarted the blog, I haven't done things the way I used to do them. But, today, on the week before Lent begins, as I consider the changes I might try to...
View ArticleThis and That
I have had a lot of random thoughts that don't merit an entire post, but they won't get out of my brain until I say them.1. Line jumpers. It seems that everybody I have heard of who has gotten the...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--This Oldish House
My 99 year old mother and my 2 year old grandson have something in common. They are both fans of This Old House. My mother says she remembers all the house building they did during her marriage. My...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,Be my Valentine today. Be my love. Old love's are past and didn't love me well. New love seems to be a pipe dream at my age and state of life. I love, I need love. Be my love. Help me to grow...
View ArticlePrez Day
This compromise date honoring presidents is a day off for me. I have scheduled things because that is what I do. But, the alarm won't ring at 6am, so the day is a gift. Such a tenuous time to honor...
View ArticleFat Tuesday
A day to celebrate, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras. In the very olden days they would eat all the fat and rich foods before Lent started. In England it was called Shrove Tuesday and they had pancakes. I am...
View ArticleAshes
Time to consider that I am dust and to dust I will return. Am I ready? What do I still need to accomplish? This will be the first Ash Wednesday in a while that I will not be in church. It feels...
View ArticleCold
It has been a cold, cold February. I have been trying not to complain about it too much. But, I am reaching the end of my patience. Cold, snow, gray days. I am tired of it. I long for spring. I...
View ArticleDifficult Things
I started a new quilt the other day. I intend to make a lap quilt to sit on my lap in the cold weather. I have plenty of blankets, but I thought a quilt that I made might make me smile. I started...
View ArticleBoring Post--Going to Work in the Office
Last Sunday I had my grandson for lunch and the afternoon. He likes to go down to my unfinished basement. He has an office set up down there with my old desk top computer. He says that he is going...
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