When I started cleaning out our closets for our pending move, I began a trip down memory lane. We spent twenty years in one school district! For 13 of those years, I had one of our sons in elementary school due to their spacing. Elementary school was without a doubt my favorite time of schooling…
Month: June 2022
Foodie Monday: Salad Highlight
There are two salads, well – three, if you count Caesar that my husband and I really like. One is a napa cabbage salad with hot bacon dressing, which is a family recipe that I’ve made so many times I don’t need to refer to it any longer. It is a staple in our holiday…
Silent Sunday: Fruits and Berries
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Saturday Ponderings: What is Going On With…?
Kohl’s I’ve been an avid Kohl’s shopper since we moved to the midwest in 1999. But, lately, I cannot find ANYTHING to buy there – even if I have a coupon and/or Kohl’s cash. I read that they are phasing out being a “department store” and are focusing on being a “lifestyle store” but, really?…
Poetry Friday: Poets of Maine
I struggled with what to write about today. I started a few poems but they didn’t seem to be clicking with me creatively. I’ll save those to keep working on them. Both are nature-inspired. I looked into poems about moving. We are just two weeks away from our move. Much progress was made over last…
Monarch Monitoring 2022 Season: June Entry #1
I am all set to monitor for Monarchs this year! It is so exciting! Two days ago I saw my first monarch butterfly of the season fly over our deck in the late afternoon. An ideal day, sunny and warm, I shouted with glee as the monarch passed! Having already entered my milkweed observations to…
Moving Emotions
Last night, I had a fit of emotion as my husband started taking framed artwork, photographs, and canvas prints off the walls. Somehow that very action struck me with finality…we are moving. I’ve always taken pride in our homes. From the 1912 Federal period home, we owned in Amherst, New York as our first house…
Garage Sales and Community: Pay It Forward, Part II
This past weekend we had a huge garage sale because we are moving in TWO weeks! If you want the scoop on the sale, you can read yesterday’s post, here. Today’s post is about what happens after a sale like this. My motto with garage sales has always been that once it goes out, it…
Pay It Forward by Giving Back
We just had a huge garage sale this past weekend. It was very successful in many ways. We made money, we got to visit with some old friends and make some new ones, and we cleaned out all the things we do not want to move. At the end of our sale, a young lady…
Poetry Friday: Quick Writes
Somedays when I am short on time, I write quick verses on my iPhone. I jot them down on my notes app on the home screen. On days like today when busyness invades my life, I revert to them for both inspirations and to use as posts. We are hosting a garage/moving sale this weekend….