A Pinch of Joy

Last weekend,  people from North Carolina, Arizona, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado gathered in our town for the 72nd  Family Reunion on my mother’s side!  Lots of talking, laughing and eating.  We started a new tradition with a sharing table, where we exchanged crafts and bits of family “not quite heirloom” pieces.  And a display table, […]

My project in August for  a more environmentally friendly life:  use dryer balls instead of dryer sheets.  This one should be easy because I can just leave the balls in the dryer.  Unlike my reusable shopping bags which must be removed from the car and taken into the store!  And the other project is to […]

The family reunion is next weekend so I have been buried in family history of the Civil War era.  Courageous tales of a sister who made dinner upon demand for soldiers on one side of the conflict, a side for which two of her brothers had been briefly conscripted.   She stuffed papers  in her […]

We went for our usual walk Thursday evening and stopped to snap a picture of a beautiful golden pink cloud against a background of fluffy whiteness. Colors were absolutely gorgeous — and totally non threatening.   Beautiful blue sky all around.  Ten minutes later, the sky was black green and tornado sirens were sounding and […]

The family reunion is coming in a couple of weeks.  Would you make a family tree, my cousin asked.  But don’t make it geneaology because nobody likes geneaology.  Hmm — couple of big websites and a few tv shows would dispute that.  But nevertheless, I am trying to make it “not geneaology” by showcasing stories […]

Last month my goal was to buy a reusable water bottle to carry with me to replace the purchased water bottles that I take to meetings, in the car and wherever else I might go.  Check.  And this month I want to take the reusable bags into the grocery store instead of letting them stay […]