Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Fifteen years of noticing. Pull up a chair and settle in.
At Something Approaching Quantum Speed There are no fewer than 716 or 731 miles door-to-door from St. Louis, MO, to the drive between the Big and Little cabins on Big Sand Lake, depending on whose house you’re starting from and…
It doesn’t seem possible, but here I am, on the morning of my birthday, about to take another 365-day journey around the sun. For me, that will probably look like three fully completed marathons’ worth of words, when you include…
I’m thinking that everyone remembers their first kiss. I’d also be willing to go out on a limb and speculate that most of those first kisses were awkward rather than breathtaking… Just guessing. It’s awkward, that first kiss – sometimes…
It seems appropriate and fitting to reblog this today – it’s my grandmother’s birthday. 🙂
The piano has always been a part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are of Grandma Marion playing carols in the crowded living room after a traditional Christmas dinner of Swedish meatballs, lefsa, lutefisk and rømmegrøt. (Yes, I’m a…
Just because a recipe made its way into a church cookbook doesn’t mean it’s going to taste good. That’s a lesson I learned many years ago when I was cooking for a family of five. Apparently the same holds true…
“Every artist was first an amateur.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Hot Shops Art Center is home to more than 80 local professional artists and multiple gallery spaces. Although I haven’t yet attended one, I’ve heard the bi-annual Open Houses are amazing…
“I’ve suffered a great number of catastrophes in my life, most of which have never happened.” ~ Mark Twain There have been times in my life when I feel like I’ve jumped out of the frying pan into the fire,…
DO NOT COVET YOUR IDEAS. Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you. The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you’ll become stale. ~ Paul Arden About a month ago,…
Today, the earth shifted off of its axis. It’s been coming for a long time, we’ve seen it happening – but we still wonder how things ended up this way. It’s easy to blame it on the outcome of the…