Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Although there were some who predicted that personal computers, email and the internet would make the use of paper obsolete – that hasn’t been the case; at least not in my life. True, I get less and less paper mail…
It’s hard to believe that almost two weeks have passed since Christian and I left the house at 5 am for the airport. Travel plans for our annual vacation at Big Sand Lake involved flying to St. Louis where we…
Remember lazy sunny days? Laying in on the side of a grassy hill and letting your imagination run wild? A cloud that looks like a duck to one person looks like a character from an animated movie or a bull…
My kids find it embarrassing when I stop to take pictures of things like a pile of shoes on someone else’s porch, a muscle car in a parking lot, or of a stranger’s garden. I think the word they use…
A little over a year ago I took a step out of my comfort zone and attended my first writer’s group meeting. I drove into Philly in a state of panic, nearly backed out, and ended up having a great…
People often ask me if I miss living in Nebraska and I’d have to say that for the most part the answer is no. Don’t get me wrong, I like Nebraska, Omaha is a great city, and I say that…
We have another mouse in the house, sigh… It turns out that one of the side benefits of living in a wooded area is the opportunity to try out different mouse traps and variations of bait. I’ve found that the…
I couldn’t resist sharing this. I sent this video to a few friends last fall and all of us thought it looked like a great idea, but that we’d never remember to try it once summer rolled around again. I…
Christian and I had been looking forward to the day the moving truck would deliver the boxes and furniture from storage for two years, two months and six days. October 8, 2010, was the day we thought we would no…
“You’ve been nominated…” – I’ve always wanted to hear those words about me and now I have! I was officially nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award. I’d like to thank Naomi Baltuck for passing the award along to me as…