As I was reading blogs the other day, I came across this saying on I Got Nothing by Janice that made me laugh. I already have a large box full of fabric, which is threatening to overflow. I will need another box soon. I know, however, that my small stash of fabric is nothing compared… Continue Reading
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The Twenty-Third of the Month
On the thirteenth of that month Farmer Cotton found Frodo lying on his bed; he was clutching a white gem that hung on a chain about his neck and he seemed half in a dream. ‘It is gone for ever,’ he said, ‘and now all is dark and empty.’ ~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the… Continue Reading
The Hair on my Chinny Chin Chin
Looking in the mirror, I gasped. Under my chin was a long, dark hair. I reached for my tweezers. As I tried to get the fine, single hair in a metallic pincer grasp, I remembered a phone conversation I once had with my mother. My ninety-year old Grandma lived in an assisted living apartment, but… Continue Reading
Popcorn
On Friday, I had the urge to make popcorn. It did not involve throwing a paper bag lined with God-knows-what into the microwave, but instead: a heavy pot, a stove, oil and popcorn kernels. I shook the pan over the stove like a madwoman, to keep the oil from burning. Then pop! pop! poppoppoppoppoppoppoppop! until… Continue Reading
Kindergarten Memories
For about a month, all over Facebook back-to-school pictures have been taken and exclaimed over. Mommy blogs (and a few Daddy blogs) have written about the emotions tied in with that first day. I wrote my own mandatory back-to-school post last week. Lily and Emmy are pictured wearing their backpacks, loaded up with school supplies,… Continue Reading
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