On the Field of Life, You’re Being Cheered!

This week, school began and my life is a crazy mess. Becoming scheduled and organized makes a mess before it turns around to smooth living. It’s a jumble of activities, lists and coordinating agendas. And today, I’m overcome with emotions. Yesterday, I felt inadequate to write.  What words can I say that can even come close … Continue reading →

For The Weekend

There’s an autumn chill in the air with leaves turning and flowers fading. I love this time of year.  It calls me to tidy everything for winter, pile books for reading in the evenings and get out candles to warm the air.  It’s also harvest time; gathering in all we have grown through the summer…cooking, canning, preserving and … Continue reading →

Quigley Pointe Vacation (Part 2)

{If you missed Part 1, click here.}  Side information: Some have been concerned for my arm and all around body condition after my fall in the boat so just to clear it up…I’m okay!  There were no broken bones.  I have a beautiful black and purple bruise on my leg mixed in with some yellowing and amazing tenderness.  … Continue reading →

Quigley Pointe Vacation Adventure (Part 1)

I’ve been living my life out in yoga pants and a zip-up hoodie for the last week…heaven in the making!  We’ve been reading books, climbing mountains, strolling along waterfall gorges and watching storms from the tower.  I can honestly say none of us wanted to return to real life…but life calls and we have returned. … Continue reading →

From Busy to Quiet and Still

The morning fog is deep and settled. The sun is waking up the world.  All is quiet and still.  The only sound is the crunch of my own feet and the jingle of Della’s tags on her collar. We see a spider web, brilliant in the morning sun, wet with dew, symmetrically beautiful. “Mom, why … Continue reading →

Five Minute Friday ~ Last

Lately, we’ve been joining Lisa-Jo over at Five-Minute Friday.  If you’re a fellow blogger, come join up with us.  It’s a fun exercise!  We are given a prompt word for the day and we all write for 5 minutes on that word.  No over thinking, no major editing, just starting the clock…writing…then stopping.  We link back … Continue reading →

Surprised by Raspberries or Geocaching?

I have a normal morning routine.  My body wakes me up at 6:23 am.  It’s this crazy thing where I’m sleeping and then in the next moment my eyes open and my clock reads 6:23.  It’s a little freaky how this just happens without really planning it.  I have no alarm set…it just happens.   It’s like some internal clock has taken … Continue reading →