I do not know if I should be ashamed to admit that I have to work at being a good listener or not. Perhaps, it is admirable that I know I have to work at this trait, so I do. In any case, I think we can all use a reminder of what it takes…
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Say Thank You… More than once! It matters!
A couple of years ago I took issue with a post by another blogger about the unnecessity of being thanked for good deeds or small tokens, like a candy bar. I did not comment publically but was very dismayed. In essence, this author, who is an adult, said it didn’t matter if people said thank…
Planned Obsolescence vs. Schlumbergera
Today, when I considered what to write about I was torn between planned obsolescence and Schlumbergera. What?! Huh? I understand that both of these topics might look over the top, and, at least one of them is. Planned Obsolescence has been on my mind for over a month when I noticed that we could not…
Creative Break
Much of our Thanksgiving break has given way to creativity. Our youngest, an artist by self-proclamation and pubic opinion, held a Harry Styles give away via Instagram. He had 1,600 people tag this celebrity in hopes to win a drawing of him that our son completed a few days ago. He moved on to a…
Aging Parents & Medical Limbo
Within 18 hours of my arrival “home” to visit my parents this week, we made three visits to the local emergency room with my Dad! I had planned a trip back to New York to visit my parents, who are both in their early 80’s, living in their own home. At the time the trip…
A Walk in the Northwoods
On Saturday we were at our cabin in the Northwoods of Wisconsin and took a walk with our dog. We visited the small lake adjacent to ours – Stone Lake. The water was not yet frozen over. We could tell this because it looked like someone tried to ice fish and found it too slushy…
A Written Sunday Post: No Internet = No Blog for a Saturday
We took off to our cabin on Friday afternoon for the weekend. Just my husband and I went with our dog, Molly. She’s still a puppy and this was only her second time at the cabin. In the last few years, we’ve gone to our timberframe home in the Northwoods less and less. The boys…
Poetry Friday: Sounds and Song
Since it is poetry Friday I started to think about what I was going to write about today. I had children’s poetry books I got out of the library last week and could review one of those. I did really liked “The Free and the Brave: A Collection of poems about the United States” (2004). The…
Stew vs. Chili
Yesterday, I made a batch of beef stew from scratch – no bottled sauces, or pre-fab taste enhancers – just good ole fashioned beef, carrots, potatoes, and onions. The beef was dusted in flour and the sauce was later thicked with some cornflower. It was on the stove, cooking in various stages from 1:30 –…
Sweet Saturday
This morning we cleaned, my son and I. We cleaned out his room and had much to enjoy! Who knew it would be so much fun? We laughed when we saw the dried-up tube of paint, its cap left slightly askew. I jumped when a plastic spider was found in a corner and sent my…