Maybe you already know this about me, but I thrive with a little bit of clutter.  Just a little. 

Maybe this is not really clutter, but I have a lot of stuff in my living room.  It’s really the only place I can work on crafty things.  No bonus room here in this 1921 house […]

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“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.”  Robert Louis Stevenson

Just a little something to think on today.
Lynn

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And I can assure you I was NOT in Margaritaville.  It was a day like any other, with me racing from one thing to another — basically me against the clock, and I just somehow felt my flip-flop stay behind when I took a frantic step onward and, well, there it was.

These were good flip-flops too.  […]

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I’ve read before that happiness is a form of courage. 
It’s perplexing to me that one of the hallmarks of hitting middle age is the possibility of being suddenly shrouded by this thought: my life is not what I thought it would be.  Then, coming out on the other side of that, I know many 50+-year-olds who are […]

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  As I said, it was time to plant the mint.  So plant it I did.  It gave me the chance to recycle some newspapers.

I wrapped the newspaper, not too tightly but snugly, around a can.

I folded the ends up at the bottom, tied some string around and then pulled out the can.

I ended up with […]

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Someone posted on the Five In A Row message boards about it.  Victoria Magazine posted an online tribute to her.  A friend of mine e-mailed to let me know about it.  The Tudor family put their thoughts on their family website about it.   My mother and I talked on the phone about it.  The passing of […]

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“Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life.  Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.”  Charles Spurgeon

(an imperfect nicotiana bloom )
How far from perfect my life and my choices.  Somehow, though, I’ve been blessed to receive abundant joy from my sweet family and my most-imperfect life.  A lot of that joy has been […]

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Deborah, over at Picture, Pots, and Pens, invited me to participate in a meme.  Here goes.
a) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 8 months along in my fourth pregnancy, trying to endure the summer heat, driving a van with no air conditioning, gardening very little, and just waiting on my much-longed-for first and […]

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Welcome! 

Come sit in the morning sun and let’s have some green tea.  We can listen to the water as it falls into the goldfish pond.

The steps are old, but wonderful for sitting on, alone or with neighborhood children or friends, or especially with the man of the house.

The columns on either side of the porch […]

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I’m glad for today, but also glad the day has come to a close and it’s time for some sleep.

People keep on getting sick.  It’s doesn’t matter if it’s a holiday or not.  There are plenty of admission history and physical notes to type, even on a holiday.  People also want to go home to […]

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