Here is 18 inches. Six days ago, it was 60 degrees in this very spot.
Full Story »The Blizzard of 2008
At 11:31 p.m., all is visible. By morning, they say, we’ll have 12 more inches of snow. I have a feeling that these items won’t appear in the pictures I take in the morning. If we still have power, I’ll let you know. The snow started at 9:30 a.m. this morning. And hour and a [...]
Full Story »Mystery Readers
I grew up in a sleepy little town, and when my Mom wasn’t sewing, or crocheting, she was reading. Mesmerized, she was, as my Dad watched TV, and she had her head buried in a book. Completely oblivious to the scenes on the television, and my Dad’s laughter at the punch lines. When I was [...]
Full Story »Little Red Puts Me To Sleep
I don’t know what it is about Little Red Riding Hood, but when I get halfway through the story, I can hardly keep my eyes open. Doesn’t matter if I’m tired or not when I start to read this book, because when I get to the part where Little Red strays off the path, and [...]
Full Story »The Well-Stocked Freezer
It’s tough to create meals by working from your pantry and refrigerator alone. This is my final post on stocking your pantry, and refrigerator. Sometimes, you need a workhouse, like your freezer, to do some extra hard-working storage for you. Here are 13 things to add to your grocery list of things to store in [...]
Full Story »An Overdue Thank You Note
Dear Mr. Mrs. R., I wanted to write you both to tell you how grateful we are that you were up at the lake that weekend when we drove up during the winter storm. Thanks for calling us while we were still in the car, asking us if we wanted you to turn the heat [...]
Full Story »It’s Empty
With its 1,000-sheet commitment, I didn’t want this to end up being an impulse purchase I would later regret. Would I really use the 1,000 waxed-paper sheets, or would I toss the box aside with several hundred still left in the box? When I bough the box at GFS that warm morning one day in [...]
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