2015 Favorites
Out of the 91 posts from this year, here are my top 10. I chose some of them because the people and activities behind them make me smile, and I chose others because I got a charge out of...
Yearly Archive: 2015
A Wish List
I submitted this earlier in the week on Medium to some sort of meme challenge (don’t ask me what a meme is), and it was selected to represent The Lighthouse publication. Kind of cool. 🙂 Back when...
Scrapbook – The Christmas Page
This page of my scrapbook covers the family room. Considering it’s that time of the year, I focus on Christmas snapshots. I’m sure you will find my decorating style – both holiday and every...
Certain Qualities
My husband thinks I don’t appreciate him, which is probably mostly true. But, he has done a few things recently that are worthy of note. First, he worked extremely hard the day before, the...
Another DC Weekend
We made another family trip to DC this past weekend. What a fun city. I always feel that we only see the tip of the iceberg when we are there. That might be...
On To December
Well I made it through November. The turkeys have been served and completely eaten, and the 50,000 words have been written. All it took was organization, relentlessness, and tenacity. And a little snapping at David...
Birch Redux
Last year about this time I wrote about getting into the Christmas spirit by chopping up (actually chain sawing through) a birch tree. As a reminder, this is what I did with part of that...
Another Arts and Crafts Project
Over the past two years now (close to it anyway!), I’ve taken on a number of painting projects, including my coffee table. I’m not sure how good I am at these painting projects. No...
Family Recipes
Back in 2008, my aunt and my cousin (both through marriage – none of us would have bothered to pull off something like the following) compiled and published a cookbook of family recipes. I’ve been glancing...