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How to Host an Outdoor Wedding

Plan ahead. Double check everything.

Generosity of Strangers

“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quilt World

“To be of the Landscape is not to possess it, but to be part of it, an extension, an offspring …” William Kloefkorn

It felt great to have a few warm March days after a very cold February. It was warm enough to finally bring in the Christmas lights that I strung around the yard during the last warm days in November. All the electric cords were buried under inches of snow and ice for months. John GreenleafContinue reading “Spring into Summer”

Constructing a Building is like Crafting a Life

Fix foundational defects before adding surface pretties.

A HORSE IN EVERY ROOM

One of my ways of coping with so much time alone [during the pandemic] has been to rearrange the furniture several times.

DRY SPELL

Today it’s 95 degrees, too hot to even weed.

Language

I approach this blog entry about language usage with trepidation because grammar is not my strong suite. I’m fortunate to be surrounded by English majors; all the members of my writing group are English majors except me. My son, daughter, niece, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and ex-husband also hold various degrees in English. Many of them areContinue reading “Language”

Dignity for All

This is the first blog entry I’ve attempted since my failed attempt at humor at Easter this year. It’s difficult to write anything meaningful in these stressful times. I’ve written poems this spring, but since my writing group isn’t meeting, they sit in draft stage waiting for an opportunity to be workshopped. Regardless of topic,Continue reading “Dignity for All”

HOLY WEEK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING

Dear Reader, this blog is a tongue-in-cheek look at Holy Week. PALM SUNDAY Jesus won’t be riding into Jerusalem on a donkey this year, triumphantly or otherwise. Palms will still have their leaves as trees won’t be chopped apart for his fans to lay branches across his path. We might see palm trees as farContinue reading “HOLY WEEK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING”