All posts in category Family and relationships

Basket Day

It’s November, which means many things at our humble homestead. Once we’ve plowed through the “OMGawd ( that’s for my fellow Blogger Lisa Dingle whose work you can check out at  justponderin.com )  it’s gonna snow any minute now” marathon of garden clearing, garage cleaning, wood stacking, recycling runs we are free to turn our thoughts […]

On Becoming a Band Mom

As I mentioned in a previous post, my daughter has joined Marching Band this year.  It is something she has wanted to do for several years but until now has not been able to fit it into her schedule. Last year she was presented the opportunity to be in the honors orchestra program.  She’s played […]

Amphibious Ambivalence

  This is Jeremiah…. While it may be hard to assess his true size from this picture, Jeremiah is one big dude of a bullfrog. He’s been a resident of my little backyard pond for a few years now and, until recently, I gave both his size and presence little thought. In fact I considered […]

Making Peace

Two friends are fighting Angry words thrown without thought Come Sit Have some Tea