Don’t get me wrong—I love flowers and chocolates as much as the next person. But over the last few years, Chris and I have realized that a low-key celebration suits us best. After all, he’s my sweetheart every single day; we don’t need one specific Continue reading →
One of my favorite authors, Sean Dietrich, wrote a little column about church ladies on Thursday. If you want to have a fun read, click here to go directly to his post. He put my childhood in words. Much better words than I can put Continue reading →
Words matter, don’t they? Sometimes I don’t really think about the impact that my words may have on others but words have the ability to either build up or tear down and I would much rather be a builder upper than a tearer downer. I Continue reading →
I have been working through my book 52 Lists for Happiness and one of the lists that is included is to list things that made me happy as a child. It’s a great exercise to make lists and it is even better to remember childhood memories Continue reading →
Did. you ever feel like your plan got diverted and your life suddenly became complicated and not anything like you had planned? I am not saying that anything is horribly wrong in my life — that is absolutely not the case but the recent two Continue reading →
AI is everywhere these days and the latest trend on social media is to have AI create a picture of you according to what it knows about you and the occupation. Well, since I am not currently working I just asked it to create a Continue reading →
Cats are sure footed. Until they are not. I have shared pictures and videos of our cats walking on the railing in our loft. It is heart stopping when they decide to do that and I have tried to put netting up to prevent kittens Continue reading →
The storm moved in. So far, we have survived really well. After Helene we refined our preparedness to the point where we have a pretty good system of having flashlights, flameless candles, emergency radios, etc. all in one place. We have cast iron and a Continue reading →
The above pretty much sums it up! If you live in North Carolina right now the weather folks are having a field day with the upcoming “weather event”. A week out they started the predictions. Every day there are numerous updates. It’s anybody’s guess at Continue reading →
On the morning the book went missing, Eleanor noticed the teapot was warm even though she hadn’t touched it. This was unusual for two reasons. First, Eleanor was meticulous about her routines. Second, the teapot had been sitting on the high shelf ever since the Continue reading →
