Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
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…
It’s a little hard to wrap my head around the fact that I’ve moved four times in the past 11 years. First from a five-bedroom house in Omaha, NE to a three bedroom apartment in Yardley, a township in Pennsylvania,…
“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…
You can only lose what you cling to. — Buddha The image of my beautiful three story colonial was blurred in the rear-view mirror, as we pulled out of the driveway while returning the farewell waves and neighborhood wishes of…
It may be a bit early to start talking about New Year’s Resolutions, or is it? For whatever reason, when one year draws to a close and a new year is about to begin, we reflect on what is “wrong”…
Like many people in the U.S., I’m caught up in the aftermath of the 2016 election results. Normally, I write about my observations about life from an every day, non-controversial point of view. This is the first time in almost six…