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September 7, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
“The beginning is always today.” ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley I wake thinking about my writing group’s prompt for this month–fresh starts and new beginnings–and a kaleidoscope of memories run through my mind. Defining moments: some momentous, others ordinary, all heralding in a different season of life. The day I brought each of my children home from […]
September 6, 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
“I think we all have a dream of what it would be like not to work and grow heirloom tomatoes, and I do have that dream. It would be lovely.” ~ Helen Mirren I had that dream. And living it is, indeed, lovely. I still work; it’s just different work. Wonderful work. Satisfying work. My […]
September 5, 2017
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
“Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.” ~ Charles R. Swindoll He’s on the road before six. Our son heads for home loaded with canned goods from my kitchen and produce from my garden, leaving behind memories of a good weekend visit. “Back to bed […]
September 4, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” ~ Frederick Buechner We say farewell to our son this early […]
September 3, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.” ~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day Yesterday with our son. Shopping. Talking. Garden watering. Test driving. Laughing. Deck sitting. Dog watching. BBQing. WIIing. Being. Grateful. 
September 2, 2017
Saturday, September 2, 2017
“I told myself that I was going to live the rest of my life as if it were Saturday.” ~ Chip Gaines, The Magnolia Story It’s a sunny Saturday and our son is visiting this weekend. We’re blessed.
September 1, 2017
Friday, September 1, 2017
“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air… Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” ~Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose It […]
August 31, 2017
Thursday, August 31, 2017
“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” ~ Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees What a blessing these last, hot days of August are. I spent too much of the month indoors, due to the smoke, making it seem like summer was passing me […]
August 30, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.” ~ Henry Fielding I head out to the deck, where it’s deliciously hot, with a new book Gerry just brought home from the mailbox, and settle in to read while the pressure canner is cooling. […]
August 29, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” ~ Lewis Grizzard Weary, I sink into the sofa at the end of the day. “I’m done,” I tell Gerry. Twenty-five pounds of peaches glisten like jewels in jars on the kitchen counter. Ten pints of salsa sit cooling next to them. It’s […]
