Monthly Archives: May 2016

  Dear Reader: While finishing up Alice Monroe’s latest novel….I read a passage where one of the main characters, Marietta, called her three granddaughters to her side “Lickety-split.”  It made me pause as memories flooded back from my childhood from … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: In Kate Wolfe-Jenson’s latest newsletter she talked about the beauty of God’s plan for the universe…prioritizing the importance of connections within all living organisms in the universe. She gave the following example that I found quite interesting. Recently, … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: At the end of the day yesterday I had many visible memoirs of a remarkable Mother’s Day! For me that meant flowers (the family knows that flowers make me so happy)…a “Susan” Rose, a “Mandy” flower basket,  “Mollie” … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I talked the other day about taking time to pause and thank all the mothers who helped “anchor” my life when times were tough and taught me that unconditional love was a mother’s heaviest anchor for her children. (* … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I assume that this (most likely) was my first baby doll given to me while I was still a ‘baby doll.’ I had planned to save these memoir stories for tomorrow….officially Mother’s Day….but I am keeping Eva Cate … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Kaitlyn came over yesterday and we had a wonderful girls’ day out! We visited all the shops on Short Central….they all offer unique ideas and sayings… like the one in the title photo. This saying finally put into … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Just recently I have finally gotten my sense of taste and smell back. The congestion, that accompanied my virus(es) started in the head and traveled down to the chest. It has taken (it seems like forever) a long … Continue reading →

Dear Reader:  “Pete and Repeat were sitting on the fence, Pete fell off…who was left?” (“Pete and Repeat were sitting on the fence, Pete fell off…who was left?’) ETC. ETC. ETC. (Um…Repeat?) As far back as my memory goes ….I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Sunday evening as I was showing Anne the garden…she was pointing out the diverse variety of flowering plants, shrubs, and trees that were living in the garden now, the sound of the water fountain gurgling, and the smells … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Even though this particular minted nickel stopped distribution in the late 1930’s I remember using it as a child growing up in the fifties and sixties.. It was my favorite coin with the Indian “head” and the buffalo … Continue reading →