Cornbread and biscuits are baked and crumbed, mixed with onion, celery, and sage, the makings for dressing. Cranberries are cooked and sitting in a bowl, red and sugary; yeast bread is inside the ‘frig, waiting to be popped into the oven this morning. Yesterday, Nathan was in the kitchen, stirring and measuring ingredients for a […]
Nov 27, 2024
A Lovely, Ordinary Day
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My granddaughter gave me a suncatcher. It is an ordinary pink glass dragonfly with an extraordinarily long tail. At the end of that tail is a small prism. I hung the suncatcher in my window and forgot it was there. Until one day as I was going about my chores, I noticed a rainbow on […]
Nov 21, 2024
As Time Goes By
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Some things grow more valuable with age. Take cars, for instance. Those old models, fifty or more years old, aren’t they lovely? Well-cared for, they still purr down the highway, classic lines gleaming in the sunshine. And gems! Gold never loses its value, diamonds and emeralds still glitter in the sunlight. Their worth isn’t dimmed […]
Nov 19, 2024
On a Stormy Afternoon…
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Agnes my asparagus fern is safely indoors for the winter and it’s a good thing. Temperatures are dropping and although the sky is a beautiful, clear blue and the sun looks warm against my neighbors’ houses, it is a chilly morning. Fall is here and frost isn’t far behind. Yesterday was not so–it was a […]
