Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
After being divorced for several years, I finally took the plunge and entered the world of online dating. Although I didn’t necessarily need my kids’ advice to avoid ‘free’ dating services, I followed it. So far, it’s been an interesting…
Animals have a funny way of wriggling their way into the deepest corners of one’s heart. In the late summer of 2014, I had to face the difficult but unavoidable decision to hold hands and shed tears with my youngest…
Last week, as I was writing about the unexpected and sometimes strange twists in my life over the past 11 years, a thought occurred to me – I don’t think I’ve ever shared the reason I named my blog “Angels…
It seems appropriate and fitting to reblog this today – it’s my grandmother’s birthday. 🙂
Throughout my life, I’ve learned that home is not a place – it’s a state of mind. While sitting on a stool at my kitchen counter, my eyes were drawn to the pond just past my sliding glass door and…
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…
The past several years have been quite the adventure and full of stories, most of which, I haven’t been able to share until now. In part due to being smart about the timing of when to share certain adventures and…
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…