Mischief and Mayhem
Jeff and Katie were three and two respectively when we bought our first house and they moved out of kiddie beds and hand-me-down sheets to big beds and brand new bedding sets that I was more excited about than they…
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Angels Wear Plaid
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Its a Matter of Perspective
A few weeks ago I used the word petrified to describe how I felt on the first day of my drawing class, perched on the edge of my stool and facing an easel and an 18 x 24 sheet of…
If You Build it They will Come
What do Mahatma Gandhi and Ray Kinsella, the character played by Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, have in common? One man is real, of great historical significance, and influenced people around the world. The other is a fictional character…
A Rose by Any Other Name
I never realized until recently how similar a rose and a pine cone are. On the surface, if you think about it, they share a comparable shape. They have ‘petals,’ but yet one is soft and her lines are subtle…
Where Do Babies Come From?
I’ve wished on more than one occasion over the past year that blogs had been invented or at a minimum I had been aware of my passion for writing when my kids were little. Kids do say and do the…
That was EZ!
I loved the episodes of Bewitched when one of Aunt Clara’s spells went awry and an historic figure like Benjamin Franklin or George Washington materialized in the middle of Samantha’s living room or Darin’s office. I thought it was hysterical…
What’s Your Medium?
For more than twenty five years I have answered the question “What do you do?” with words like Customer Service Supervisor, Software Development Manager, and Marketing Director and I’ve associated the word “medium” with my T-shirt size and my not…
Snapdragons and Butterflies
Today is my maternal Grandmother’s birthday. If I’ve done my math correctly she would have been 101 years young today. I have many wonderful memories of her which include learning how to properly knead the dough, the taste of homemade…
Be as You Are – Let Life In
I had the best run of my life this morning. I never thought I’d hear myself say that a five mile run was easy and I enjoyed it. I also may never say it again, but today I felt like…
Of Course it was Logical
There’s almost nothing better than putting on a new outfit and knowing you look great. Particularly when the outfit is a birthday gift and is one that you had your eye on but never thought you’d own. The morning before…