When I lived in Alaska, I learned quickly that one of the go-to rules of driving was the wave to the sign holder as you followed the pilot car past them into the construction zone–particularly if you were the first or second car. Nothing more than a raised hand was needed, but after sitting for 15 minutes just feet away from that individual, it […]
The 25 Days of December
The first 25 days of the month are over now, and the challenge to post a photo per day completed. I had a photo for each day, and only one was posted late. So now it is done, and it accomplished my unspoken task. I caught the blogging itch again. I may not have a photo for each post, and […]
Mystery
A child was born on Christmas DayBorn to save the worldBut long before the world beganHe knew His death was sureThe pain and strife secured Mystery, how He cameTo be a manBut greater stillHow His death was in His planGod predestined that His Son would dieAnd He still created manOh, what love is thisThat His death was in His hands […]
Jon-boy
It’s high time I show off my nieces and nephew in this lot of photos. So I figured I’d start with Mr. Handsome, who though he certainly has the word “Cheese!” down, ignored the camera the best. But just so you don’t think I have favorites, here are the Bear and the Bug…
You see, there’s this book…
There are some books that I always have in the back of my mind when I’m in used book stores or wandering the wide web. They’re often the ones from childhood which are just so worn (after all, even if they were just given to my sisters and not passed down from our mom, they’d been through nearly 10 years […]
Making Christmas Gifts
My mom is going to be the rocking-est Grammy in this hemisphere this Christmas. She just did awesome work.
Beauty – in new forms
Beauty has taken on a new definition since I got nieces and nephews. There’s something truly beautiful in the scribbles of a child, drawn just for me. Great art? No. Beautiful, though.
If only it were Euchre…
Playing “cahds” a time-honored family tradition, passed down from a bunch of MKs on one side and an adopted uncle nicknamed “Bones” on the other, is something I miss when I’m not at home. I just don’t get the opportunity to play much when I’m not with my family. The primo game in our repertoire was introduced by my not-sister-in-law […]
House of Books
“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ~Heinrich Mann People marvel at my bookshelves when they come to my apartment…I come home and realize that I come by it honestly.
Ticket Stubs
Christine (bless her – wonderful roomie who mailed me the negatives I forgot so that I could work on a scanning project over break) gave me a “ticket stub album” for Christmas. For a while now, basically since college, I’ve kept my ticket stubs when I go to movies and shows. I’ve tossed them into a little box in a […]