Today I enjoyed myself very nicely. It was finally sunny out and I was able to work in the garden in my shirt sleeves. (Can girls say they’re out in shirt sleeves)? I finished planting the clematis that will cover the ugly cement wall behind the lavender and I put the remaining two grape plants in place next to the… Read More
Hi friends, I find myself unintentionally removed from the blogging world. Driving lessons, life coaching sessions, Bible studies, planting season … it all seems to eat away at any down time I have to write posts and read my favorite blogs. I find myself trying to play catch up at the beginning of each week for the past week’s worth… Read More
Bonjour Docteur. No, it’s my first time here. I’m here to renew a prescription for Zoloft. Here’s my old prescription but I think it’s for the minimum dosage. I won’t ask you to double the dosage as tempted as I am (laughs brightly). Okay peeeerfect. So, there’s also this varicose vein that I have and I just want to make… Read More
When apricot buds burst and new plants thirst; When projects abound and tulips break ground; When the kids are home from school and you break all your own rules; When you give in and finally get an electric trimmer and you are utterly uninspired for dinner; When toys are left out all year and, what the heck’s going on out here?!… Read More
I anticipate Spring. I anticipate that this will become this. I anticipate seeing tiny buds on the plum tree, which will bring me sweet juicy green plums at the end of the summer. I anticipate the roses over the well to bloom, and the apricot tree behind it to be filled with cheerful blossoms, then bright orange fruit. I anticipate… Read More
My favorite people to spend time with are the ones who laugh, who make me laugh. They are the ones who can drop everything at a moment’s notice to grieve with me, to cry with me, to listen to me, but who generally see the world as I do: 10% sorrowful and 90% ridiculous. I love to laugh – at… Read More
