I have been subbing (substitute teaching) for the local school district for about a month now, and these "Littles" keep it real! I've said things I never thought I would say, especially since I'm not around my own children and their littles any longer. There's the ever-present "Use your indoor voices, please," "No eating the... Continue Reading →
Groundhog Day, the Cardinals are back!
It seems that this morning Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and just as I was receiving this announcement, I happened to be opening up my house for the day, flinging open curtains and such. And guess what? Right outside my window, sitting on my fence, was the first cardinal I have seen this year! I... Continue Reading →
Birthday Gifts and Other Randomness
So my friend did a thing. We had this conversation a couple months ago about the flooding that takes place in my back yard, EVERY time it rains, despite my efforts to channel the rainwater. I told her that I was thinking about embracing the large puddles, so she sent me a BUNCH of rubber... Continue Reading →
Irons in the Fire
I think that would be a great title, but that's what's going on with me today. Writing, taking care of the 'store', working an outside/one day job, and of course, the ever-present household chores. I think I've learned to juggle rather well. I am in the midst of a western right now. I've hashed out... Continue Reading →
Choosing the Storyline
I guess it's going to take the flip of a coin or two. I've chosen today as a "writing" day, and now that I am at the place where I create the best, hot tea in hand, I'm trying to decide which of the storylines I want to work on. As I mull over each's... Continue Reading →
Year End Catch Up and New Year Thoughts
The year is winding down and I'm reaching out to my family and friends to see what their final-final thoughts and activities are for this year, and what they hope to accomplish in 2025. As I get ready to hang up with them, I tell them, jokingly, "Talk to you next year!" I myself am... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Eve – Eve
So much of my day and week has been devoted to deciding where I'd like life to take me next year. Oh, I know I have plans and all of the best intentions, but sometimes life simply takes me on a ride. This next year is about progressing with financial and physical health, and to... Continue Reading →
Art Supplies, a New Jacket, and Rubber Ducks
I got a new art palette, a new jacket that I has put in my "want" list, and a box of 30 different rubber ducks. The story behind the rubber ducks: My back yard floods just about every time it rains, and I've been trying to figure out just how to keep it from doing... Continue Reading →
Touching Others’ Lives
We all go through this life thinking we barely touch others, but when it's all said and done, we are put here to do just that - to have some effect on someone that may just change the course of their life or even set about a series of events that causes greatness to happen. ... Continue Reading →
Things I Love
My first morning coffee, the way Hubbin looks at and laughs with me, phone calls from my kids and my friends, my Grands, honeysuckle, orange roses, babies, my Can-Am, pizza, sunshine, snow, paid bills, hot showers, warm rains, thunderstorms, fluffy down comforters, people watching, a clean house, freshly mown lawns, clean sheets, a child's hug, hearing... Continue Reading →
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