It’s been awhile since I added to this story. Life has been full- endings and beginnings. I’m a caregiver, I know that about myself, and that comes first. I’ve recently been privileged to be able to travel and visit our sons in the Northwest. Puget Sound seemed like taking a step back in time to…
I’m so excited that we got to spend time with our grandson recently. Summer is winding down and it’s good to see how he has spent it. He and his Daddy take care of the neighbors chickens and they invited me along on the first day we were there. I love the wonder in little…
Today I listened to The Rise of Urban Homesteading on KUER radio, and it caused me to revisit my own reasons for gardening and keeping chickens. My grandparents gardened for survival, but I’m sure that I garden for sanity. I know the grocery store like the back of my hand; five of them in the…
I was looking for a pattern to make our grandson a fabric ball for his first birthday this month. I ran across this great site by Jennifer Murphy. She’s been making fabric toys since she was a child, and I was so intrigued by her whole story, I wanted to share it with you. Her…
This is the family of Gabrielle Blair, of Design Mom, one of my favorite blogs to read.The Blair’s live in France, but were visiting our red rock country a few months ago. They make this great video called “Olive Us” and this was one of my favorite episodes; Carwash. Enjoy!!
I love to work outside, and today I was cleaning up the chicken coop; scrubbing out their waterer, when my little Chickie-Dee decided to hang out in the garden with me. The other chickens don’t like her, so she is not welcome in the flock. That means she and I spend a lot of time…
This is a picture of Mike in the kitchen, something I only dreamed about for many years. It is such a gift to see him not only in the kitchen, but comfortable being there. He is brewing beer; a new hobby he has acquired and one that requires a couple of hours of standing and…
I feel like I’m still in Christmas mode, even though the family has gone home, and the preparations are over. The celebration is still alive and well in my being! Each request for treats and feasting was met, and we had time together with some of our kids and family. We used this amazing technology…
The view from my kitchen window is my most sacred altar. Many a prayer has been offered up from this place. Many times with tears, and often with a humble smile. Always with faith that grows like the garden I look out onto. My windowsill has held collections of family members passed on, sticks and…
I’ve been assigned to write a video game script. Thank God this isn’t for pay! I’d starve. The first thing I had to do was to learn what a video game script is. That took about a week and a half of questions and searches. Thankfully, Dr. Haendiges showed us one on Friday, and my…
