A Pinch of Joy

 Usually May 15 is the last frost day — it was around mid-February this year.  People have had their sprinklers on since March and everyone has mowed for the last several weeks.  I have stayed away from the flower sales because when I’ve ignored ” it’s not frost free yet” in the past, it didn’t […]

Bytes and I gave a talk to Speech Language Pathology students at the local university this week.  We shared our experience with Primary Progressive Aphasia/Frontal Temporal Degeneration, the disease that impacts speech first and eventually the rest of the body.   Yes, the same thing Bruce Willis has that affects  only .004% of the US population. […]

It has been a whirlwind week – both with weather and activity!!  Wishing a you a pleasant week ahead — make it your own!  Thanks for stopping by to share your awesome posts, great ideas and yummy recipes! Featured from last week:  Within My Own World – Rainy Days in Minnesota     Our Grand Lives – […]

The crab trees are budding – spring is here! And the wind is blowing gales – which keeps us in the house instead of out working in the yard – where I would rather be. A really hard rain took the remaining mulch and deposited it all over the patio.  The wind could be helpful […]

We are at my sister’s home  for the Annual Easter Egg Bash.  People start gathering in the morning, some will attend their home church before traveling, others will attend church with the gathered family at a large church in town.  By noon, charcuterie boards are curated and juggled into place on the island with fragrant […]

Wind!  And more wind!! So strong that it can throw you off balance in a single gust.   There is a family story of a mother, homesteading in Kansas, with seven children, living in a one room soddy with, of course, no indoor plumbing, a cookstove that needed constant attention, a garden instead of a grocery […]