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What does your home say about you?

Here’s a fun little quiz … I don’t know about the sparkling clean part, at least not right now. I’m in the midst of removing carpet and staining a wood floor hidden underneath! But … here are my results.

Your Home Says That You Feel Settled and Calm

You come across as very intellectual. People take your [...]

Thought for the day

I came across this today while perusing another blog …
‘The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.’  — Frank Barron

A happy holiday

I hope each of you enjoyed a wonderful, cozy and comforting holiday with those you hold dear. We had a chaotic few days … family gatherings, the birth of my sister’s twins, and our three kids who are still dancing around with visions of sugarplums in their heads.
I didn’t find any coal in my stocking — always a [...]

Finding my Christmas spirit

Usually my halls are decked both inside and out. Usually there are several kinds of Christmas cookies prepared and waiting in the freezer. I’ve been in a funk. Try as I might, the Christmas spirit has eluded me. And then yesterday, after a series of comical and could-have-been-tragic events, I found the missing link. The [...]

All in the family

Those marketing folks at L.L. Bean are brilliant. Truly. My new catalog arrived last weekend. There, on the cover, was my dog … not really my dog, but the canine in the jolly red scarf so closely resembled my dear departed Shelby that I could only stare. I did not peruse the catalog and make huge purchases, [...]

40 things on a snowy day

One of those e-mail questionnaires …

1. Do you like blue cheese? — Yes, especially on burgers!
2. Have you ever done something you regretted? Of course … hundreds of things. You can’t learn from mistakes if you never make any!
3. Do you own a gun? Yes. A Ruger .357 double-action revolver and a Savage .243 rifle.
4. [...]

There are some things …

… I simply do not do. I don’t intentionally smash my thumb with a hammer. I don’t intentionally bang my head against a wall. I don’t intentionally stab myself in the eye with an ice pick. I avoid stubbing my toe in the dark at all costs. Perhaps that is why I refuse to crawl out [...]

I’m a simple woman …

… and no, I did not say simple-minded woman. So here’s a page from the Simple Woman’s Daybook:
November 25, 2008
Outside my window …
Hills, trees and outbuildings covered in a layer of thick, white snowflakes. They say 4-8 inches by noon tomorrow.
I am thinking …
That I need to: put my son down for a nap; switch [...]

In a slump? Add apples!

The farm girls and I just finished reading An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving. Tilly attempts to prepare Thanksgiving dinner while her mother and father rush to her sick grandmother’s bedside. In the midst of the preparations, younger sister Prue mistakes catnip and wormwood for sage and summer savory. The stuffing tasted a little peculiar. She forgot to [...]