Once upon a time, there was a little girl who loved books. She loved them so much she practically gobbled up each one she held in her hands. Her Mama took her to the library, and she still remembers signing for her first library card. She would choose a half-dozen or more books and bring… Continue reading The Little Girl and Her Books–A Fairytale About Dreams Coming True
Month: November 2014
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…..
The holiday season is upon us. I mean, officially. Hallmark Channel has been showing Christmas movies for weeks, and I actually heard Christmas music on the radio two weeks ago. It's just that now I can enjoy it all guilt free. I used to be one of those who would not listen to a single… Continue reading It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…..
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Dear Mr. Webster, Your word arrived here safely yesterday. She was a little rumpled after her long trip, but she is doing well nonetheless. She has actually been lovely.....amenable-- quite frankly we love her. Already she is changing things around here. She bustles around in her long skirt that hangs just so; she is straightening… Continue reading &
Parades, Tears, and Songs at the Sink
This morning the crew and I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. As I finished prepping the food to take to Blackberry Flats where we would join Mess Cat, Leroy, Shaker, and some of Leroy's family for dinner, I was able to watch the parade off and on, listening always. Favorite performances found me pausing… Continue reading Parades, Tears, and Songs at the Sink
A Grateful Heart
Whoo, y'all. Today has been a busy one. And I wish my poor Mama were here so very much right now. Besides the obvious reasons, there's this. I'd set her down, bring her a glass of tea, whatever book she's reading, and-- I'd rub her feet. And back. And shoulders. All those years she put… Continue reading A Grateful Heart
Grief, the Grocery Store, and Grace
I went to the grocery store today. I know. Big mistake. Two days before Thanksgiving. I knew better. It was crazy. The thing I kept telling myself (and the other shoppers I kept running into) was, "Better today than tomorrow." Y'all, it was crazier than the grocery store when a half-inch of snow is predicted.… Continue reading Grief, the Grocery Store, and Grace
Preparing
As this week moves along and people all over are preparing for Thursday and Thanksgiving in all different kinds of ways, I too am preparing for the day. Grocery list, baking, cooking (they are two very different things, you know), cleaning up, planning the timing around the parade *ahem*, and things like that. But I'm… Continue reading Preparing
Rainy Day Reading
It's been a lovely, perfectly dreary rainy day today. And I have loved it. Days like this are perfect for reading, something I haven't taken time out to do enough of lately. So, after I hung the cheerful twinkly lights across my back porch, which is my roost and sanctuary, I sat down to read.… Continue reading Rainy Day Reading
Thumbs Up
Yesterday the littles lightened their loads. By several inches. Both our Princess and Cooter got haircuts yesterday. I suppose it was time. Cooter has been mistaken for a girl more than once in the past couple of weeks, no matter what he was wearing, and lately our Princess has had more rat's nests than a… Continue reading Thumbs Up
The Day My Life Changed Forever
Forty-three years ago today, around 3:30 in the morning, my life changed forever. I don't remember what it was like before that day, but on that day, I became a sister. For Sister, who was the one who made me just that.....for the very first time-- When you came into this world, my life changed… Continue reading The Day My Life Changed Forever
I Might Need A Nap 