The 13th Part-ay
Yesterday, I got all weepy & sentimental, partially due to pms, and cried into my keyboard as I typed about my daughter turning 13. I am now able to label some of those feeling as mourning the loss of childhood as well as the birth of crow’s feet. (Thank you very much Ms. Childless Therapist.)
Today, [...]
It’s Spring. I Gots To Go.
Just a quick list of what abuzz around here (and in my brain) because, for the love of the Pope who is in town, I need to finish my mulching!
My schedule could not get any crazier. Between the 12 year old’s chorus practice schedule (she made the State Honor’s Choir…yes, that’s a brag) and her [...]
The Ringing
Our office phone just rang and the caller ID read “American Culture”.
I never answer the phone if I don’t know who is calling - and half the time even if I do. I truly only pay for a phone line because Tivo needs it (and I need Tivo).
This time though, the ringing made me take [...]
Valentine…Oh, Valentine!
In honor of today, the day of L-O-V-E, I’m revisiting what I still hold to be one of the most romantic things I have ever seen with my own eyeballs (like, you know, that wasn’t on TV or in a book).
The following gesture of man-thought-out passion occurred 2 years ago, and although I’ve asked [...]
Visitors
We’ve had all kinds of visitors lately but this one was particularly cool.
Big birds soar overhead all the time here. Usually they don’t come this close.
I had to take these shots through the window because I knew that if I opened up the sliding glass door, he would fly away.
Last weekend, we had [...]
this makes me even more excited about...