I know a place where summer strives With such a practiced frost, She each year leads her daises back, Recording briefly, "Lost." Emily Dickinson Summer is almost over. Hard to believe school is starting back. I realized this in the Wal-Mart rush on Sunday afternoon. I no longer have to shop for pocket-folders or ruled paper or spiral notebooks but I was mighty tempted the other day to buy a … [Read more...]
Little moments that hold big details
We moved recently. Normally, we stay in a home around nine years. Or at least we did once we settled in Louisiana and bought our first starter home. When we outgrew that one, we moved not far away and lived right by some close friends. So close that we had a gate between our fences and constantly moved back and forth during holidays and weekend cookouts. Around that time, I sold my first book and … [Read more...]
All about the green in spring
Since it's springtime and the leaves are turning that beautiful fresh green and since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and since we're moving to a new house about five miles down the road and my current office is in chaos, I thought I'd do a pictorial blog today. Flowers and trees can say so much more about these things than I can, anyway. I will give you a quote to get you through the week (from an … [Read more...]
A Room with a View
We're moving again. But only about five miles up the road. After growing up on a farm in South Georgia and living in the same house until I was an adult, I've moved a lot in my life. On the farm, we didn't own the old house we lived in but my daddy bought a cute little house in town and decided to retire and move my mama (and me, the last remaining child at home and the baby of seven children). … [Read more...]