Updated 3/7/20 Years ago, when my son was little and had a high tolerance for all my crazy ideas, he gave me permission to paint the walls of his bedroom to look like a castle. Between the two of us, I'm sure I was the more elated. Zac liked his castle room, but I loved his castle room. I would have slept in that room, had my husband not had other ideas about that. Zac slept in that castle-walled room until the day we gave our mobile home away, moved our meager belongings (we had also given ... continue reading...
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How to Survive a Quarantine Without Losing Your Mind
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you make a purchase using these links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Because I live just 29 miles from Kirkland, WA, or what the LA Times affectionately calls, ”the U.S. epicenter of COVID-19,” I hear daily speculations about the possibility — and some are saying probability — of a mandated quarantine in the very near future. So what would that look like? How long would it last? And ... continue reading...
How to Make a Rainbow Rice Bin
When my daughter, Tera, was a little girl, she had a boatload of Barbies in her castle-themed bedroom, and a pink Barbie jeep. She also had several big, expensive porcelain dolls -- all gifts from her grandmother. She had a growing collection of Build-A-Bears, including a cat, a poodle and a bunny. She had real live goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, dogs and cats outside ... along with 12 1/2 acres of trees for climbing and fort-building. She had her own glue gun, and a teetering, ... continue reading...
Germany-Part 5
(Blogger won't take my pictures today ... but I'll keep trying) a I will take you to Buchenwald, I really will. And a walk through the Ann Frank House in downtown Amsterdam. But those tellings will only come when I push aside the happy-of-heart condition I'm in. You can't type those words while feeling light and satisfied. You have to go deep and lonely to find those words ... and I'm not ready. Yesterday was too lovely a day to set aside for long. I'll write about that first. You know ... continue reading...
Scotland-Part 2
I had visions of giving you daily, perhaps even hourly updates of our trip. Not to be. Not even the "daily" part has worked out. But I'll try to catch up to where we are now. Here's the last of Scotland ... Thursday morning, we hopped on a double-decker bus and headed toward the heart of Edinburgh--Princes Street and the Royal Mile. As we drove through town, I saw this chimney sweep shop and immediately thought of Mary Poppins. I wonder how many times these people have heard that. (Click on ... continue reading...
Scotland-Part 1
We're leaving for Haiti in just a few hours--woo hoo! Since I don't yet have anything to report about this trip (and probably won't be able to get online until we return), I thought I'd just tell you about the last time we left the country. Here's the first of a series of posts from our trip to Europe in 2008. (I've schedule the rest to publish while I'm gone this week). See you soon! :) We're here! And even though it's only the first day, there's already so much to tell. I'm afraid, though, ... continue reading...