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February 19, 2021
Bends in the Road by Liz Flaherty #WindowOvertheSink
Harry Chapin (1942-1981) was a gifted singer-songwriter. Think "Cats in the Cradle." My favorite song of his--at least right now--is "Circle." It is my favorite because I am at a time in my life when it has much meaning. Especially the following words.
"There's no straight lines make up my life and all my roads have bends
There's no clear-cut beginnings and so far no dead-ends"
When we were first married, we had a table with three chairs. Someone gave them to us when they bought a new dinette set....
Bends in the Road by Liz Flaherty #WordWranglers
Harry Chapin (1942-1981) was a gifted singer-songwriter. Think "Cats in the Cradle." My favorite song of his--at least right now--is "Circle." It is my favorite because I am at a time in my life when it has much meaning. Especially the following words.
"There's no straight lines make up my life and all my roads have bends
There's no clear-cut beginnings and so far no dead-ends"
When we were first married, we had a table with three chairs. Someone gave them to us when they bought a new dinette set....
February 12, 2021
Vex and Valor by Debby Myers #WindowOvertheSink
When I was in first grade, our teacher asked us to write a story about anything we wanted. It could be something true or we could make something up. Although I don’t remember a lot about first grade, I do remember how excited my teacher was about my story. She gave me a permission slip to take to my mom so she could submit my story to children’s magazines to be published. The story was about a little girl who loved daisies. It was accepted by Children’s Digest and Highlights. Miss Gustafson told...
February 5, 2021
Not What Was Intended by Liz Flaherty #WindowOvertheSink
Unless the Colts were playing...or a long time ago, Joe Montana...I've never watched the Super Bowl. I've seen a few halftime shows, but mostly I just find something else to do. However, I do love the commercials. I have enjoyed this year's Doritos commercial, every year's Clydesdales, and if Betty White shows up, all the better.
I used to make shirts. One time I misplaced the buttonholes on one of my younger son's shirts. Once a buttonhole is made, especially if you cut the little gap between t...
January 29, 2021
When the Weather Outside is Frightful by Debby Myers
Today when I let my dog outside, there were light snowflakes falling. It was so
pretty and peaceful. I was still in my robe and slippers, but I had to step outside just to watch and take it in. When I was a little girl, snow was the greatest. All the neighbor kids would bundle up and trek through the snow. We’d go sledding at the park, have snowball fights, make snow angels, and build snowmen in each of our front yards. We’d be outside so long, we’d be freezing before giving in and going home.
Be...
January 22, 2021
Applesauce Pie and Philodendrons by Liz Flaherty #WindowOverthe Sink
Roberta StruckRoberta Struck makes the best pies I've ever eaten. In non-pandemic times, when classes in creative arts are given at the fairgrounds, her pie-making class always fills up right away. When pies are discussed anywhere, all eyes turn to her in expectation, because we know whatever she says is going to be good. When our extension homemakers club has carry-in d...
January 20, 2021
Pearls and Blue by Liz Flaherty #WindowOvertheSink
I don't usually blog on Wednesday, but today's a different Wednesday for many of us. It's a bright, hopeful day. I also try to mostly stay away from politics, whereas today I'm delving right in. The Window will be itself again Saturday, and I invite you back then if you'd rather give this one a skip.
My daughter's a teacher. Sometimes we talk in the morning before school. This morning, Inauguration Day, she asked me if women could vote when my mother was born.
No, they couldn't.
By the time she re...
January 15, 2021
In January by Liz Flaherty #WindowOvertheSink
Not that anyone asked me, but I don't like January very much. I always intend to, because I like the things it represents. Newness, beginnings, one month name closer to spring. The fact that it's not February is good, too, because I really don't like February. They are, for me, the long winter in its entirety.
However, the truth of the matter is that fun can be had at any time. There are nice things to look at, good places to walk, to stop for coffee or lunch, people to laugh with. There is snow ...
January 8, 2021
Keep on Walking by Samantha DeTurk Grudzien #WindowOvertheSink
I'm so happy to welcome Samantha DeTurk Grudzien to the Window today, and grateful to her for sharing her story.
Today is the one-year anniversary of a sober Sammy. It feels good. I feel strong. A part of me also thought I’d magically figure everything out when this day arrived (which is obviously not the case), so I also feel...fragile and scared and overwhelmed and like the real work is just beginning.I started using pills and alcohol in a serious way at 13, not realizing how that choice would...
January 1, 2021
Reusing the Canvas by Liz Flaherty #WindowOvertheSink
I'm writing this on Friday, the first day of 2021. I am so excited for the New Year, even knowing hanging a new calendar in the laundry room doesn't really change anything. The pandemic is still here, politics are still ugly, and the truth seems to still be on holiday.
It's an icy kind of day. We don't have to go anywhere, so we won't. Age has decreed that if there is more than a cupful of crushed ice on the back porch, I don't go outside. People don't retire because they can't work, I've come t...
