Deck the halls with gravy boats
Someone shanghaied my gravy boats. In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morn there must have been a wee gravy mutiny, because I realized I...
Love and faith gone underground
I think that some of life’s best moments happen underground. So many of us have fond memories of memorable moments spent in the church...
Planning happy holidays
Over the river and through the wood to Grandmother’s house we go!
It’s a refrain as old as the hills — or at least as...
O captain, my captain
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
— Henry Ford
There is a certain beauty in a Midwestern autumn afternoon. The light...
Stripping is not for sissies
“It has so much CHARM” I said.
“It has so much CHARACTER” I said.
“Just shoot me now” I said.
The latter as I entered hour nine...
Finders keepers
Apparently when you become a mother they install a device on your person that keeps track of all your offspring's belongings at all times....
Picky people
I’m not going to get any smarter — ever. I know this because I went ahead and picked at the wallpaper. That is always...
Farm accidents, while unsettling, can be good lessons for all
His story almost ended before it had a chance to begin. There is a small black and white photograph that served as a reminder,...
That dirty word, ‘just’
There is a four letter word that has wreaked more havoc and cost me more money than any other word in the English language....
The dance of daddies and young daughter’s dating
Mr. Wonderful refers to most teenage boys with designs on his daughter (aka all of them) as “the one with the hands.” He further categorizes them as “the other one with the hands.”
