Month: May 2011

Today’s post was written by my brother, Jim.  He sent me this via email and told me if I was having writer’s block, I was welcome to use it.  I remember the Vietnam draft clearly and my mom clutching a piece of paper with all my brother’s birthdays and their draft number next to it.  … Read more

Unless you’re a crafter you might not know that injuries frequently happen while working on a project.  I’ve been cut, stuck with pins, burnt hundreds of times by a glue gun, stapled my fingers and nearly passed out from paint fumes.  One time I was shaking a can of spray paint and hit my knee … Read more

This would be our cat.  Up in a tree.  Hiding from the big, black cat that ruled the hood until Beemer came on the scene and decided he wanted to hang out in his own yard.  Well, he can but he has to do it in a tree. BD and I had just finished dinner … Read more

My Boy Child is named Will.  He was named after my father who died three weeks before his birth.  It is a name that suits him to a T, and over the years I’ve met many boys named Will.  I tend to instantly like them, but I’m prejudiced when it comes to that name. On … Read more

When you live in Mayberry, you get to know most of its citizens.   One of our more famous is the Mr. Goodcents man.  Mr. G. did not own a car and every day when I took #1 child and then #2 child to the high school, we’d see him walking to work in the early … Read more

This is the patio we put in last summer.  The space was awkward and when you mowed it, you’d be engulfed in a cloud of dust since no more than ten blades of grass grew there.  I looked at that space forevah and said to Big Daddy. “That’s gotta go.” A friend was moving and … Read more

I was perusing my favorite blogs and got the craptacular idea to make some candles after seeing a photo from Martha Stewart.  Shell candles.  Melt some wax, pour them into seashells, stick a wick in there and voila…….a little seashore ambiance.  Just what we need here in Kansas when we’re surrounded by dirt, dirt and … Read more

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