The December garden’s last flash of beauty was glazed in ice. I bid farewell to the delicate petals and colored leaves while peering through their frozen casements. Cold though it was, this month “bloomed” with warmth and beauty. * Decorating cookies with my extended family * Cozied up on the couch, a son on either […]
A little while ago, my children and I were driving in the car, listening to the audio recording of Little House on the Prairie when it arrived at the Christmas chapter: “Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus.” Laura Ingalls Wilder’s writing is so charming, so full of vivid descriptions and the warmest of family moments. In […]
The ‘Country Girls’ in the front flower bed just finished their fall flush. I identify with those garden mums. I am a country girl too, in spite of the fact that, like them, I’ve never actually lived in the country. Our house in this suburban city is a dear home to me now, but it […]
We listened to the audio version of Little House on the Prairie on our way to spend a weekend in the wilderness. In it, Pa says, “There’s no great loss without some small gain.” That comment lodged in my mind, the way a statement will when I want to test it, prove whether or not […]
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