I’m a natural pessimist. If something could go wrong in my world…it happens in my mind before it’s reality. I’m the one, who while waiting for my friend for our breakfast date, will see an ambulance zoom by with lights flashing and sirens blaring and I’m sure my friend is dead in the ditch. I begin lamenting … Continue reading
Learn Something New – #fmfparty
Yay, it’s Friday! And I’m ready for some weekend! Today we are linking up with Kate Motaung and the ladies at Five Minute Friday. We all write for 5 minutes on the same word prompt…no major editing or over thinking just free writing. If you would like to join us, you can here. Our prompt … Continue reading
He Loved First ~ Five Minute Friday
Wow, these Fridays roll around fast. We are here with Kate Motaung again and the gang at Five Minute Friday. We are given a word prompt and each write for 5 minutes. And today will literally be 5 minutes, since I’m heading out the door for a conference. Our word prompt this week: Because Go … Continue reading
It’s Our Time and Our Place #TellHisStory
I’m from a small, farming community in Southwest Iowa. It’s in ‘fly over country’, as some might say. On one of our final days of our 28-day-journey, we were visiting my hometown’s museum. My sister and I went from exhibit to exhibit, reading the stories of those from before and my heart whispered again, “Each … Continue reading
An Update on the Ant Rant and the First Day of Autumn
For those inquiring minds, the ant infestation has been eradicated. After many product and method suggestions, I went with what I had in my house…water and vinegar. It took the wiping down of cupboards and discovering an open bag of powdered sugar way in the back of my pantry that sent me on a full cleaning … Continue reading
My Own Hold ~ Five Minute Friday
It’s Friday once again and we are linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. This is where we are each given the same word prompt and we write for 5 minutes. No over-thinking, editing or working too hard, it’s just a chance to write together. Come join us here. Our word prompt for this … Continue reading
A Complete Rant about These Ants
Now before I get on with more stories from our journey across the continent and the telling of near glacial lake skinny dipping and the need for always packing a change of clothes, I have an ant infestation that needs to be gone! For those who know me well, I’m not a bug person. I … Continue reading
Tripping Over Typeset 