So I woke up this morning and got my coffee and was getting ready to tell you all about yesterday’s wild and crazy party festivities in Dingleville. So. Many.... Read More
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… on talent and talents and ‘talents’ (oh my)
I worked my way through college. I had a full-time job with tuition reimbursement benefits. Each day, I would get to work at 7:30 in the morning, work until 5:00,... Read More
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… on discovering a cherub’s ruthlessness somewhere in Pennsylvania
Hey! Welcome back :)) I have so many things to tell you about this past weekend, when we were all in Kentucky to witness First-Born Mac’s and Half-Kid... Read More
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… on a good luck charm needed elsewhere
This week has been a bit busy as we’ve been prepping for our trip down to Kentucky to hang with Mac and Half-Kid Jack as they graduate college. The... Read More
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… on a daughter’s response to a heartfelt graduation letter
So, in the grand Just Ponderin’ tradition of totally dependable follow-through… Okay, totally sometimes-it-happens follow through… I got Mac’s reaction to the heartfelt letter I wrote to her yesterday.... Read More
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… on a letter to my daughter as she graduates college
Dear Mac, I was in the pantry this morning, looking at the pinch pots that have been here and there and everywhere in our house since I unwrapped them... Read More
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… on hosting a graduation party. with a fork in my eye.
Remember the other day I wrote my very first love poem ever for the Nearly Perfect Husband? Hang on, let me find it so you don’t have to go... Read More
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… on monty’s rainbow
It’s hard, sometimes, to believe that Monty has been gone for two months. It’s a few days more than that, actually. When he was still here, old and slow,... Read More
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… on my very first poem for my husband. after a fight.
I have been asked (many times in my life (by friends and family (and most likely by enemies (but I don’t know (and I’m now wondering if there is... Read More
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… on the suspicion of serial murderers in dingleville
It’s lambing season. Yesterday, a beautiful little creature came into our lives. Little and radiant and a gift from Heaven. She was greeted by all of God’s creatures here,... Read More
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… on mothers day photo bombing, shepherd style
It’s Mothers Day, which requires me to do my annual thing. Which is to check whether or not ‘Mothers Day’ has an apostrophe. And, if so, where? Turns out,... Read More
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… on what it takes for photographic excellence
Because I am a wicked professional photographer now, after taking my friend Jeff’s accelerated ‘How to be a Wicked Professional Photographer in, Like, 10 Easy Lessons” (Better known as... Read More