The Cold War and Me
I know I just posted yesterday but I was watching the news last night – North Korea tested yet another missle. This is scary. It has prompted me to post again today. Our world is in chaos right now – there is a nut in North Korea who has built himself a giant gun […]
Gramma goes to soccer camp
I went to soccer camp a couple of times last week – a first for me. I carefully packed my equipment for the early morning start; lawn chair, travel mug of coffee, sunscreen. I parked myself on my designated side of the fence and ushered my miniature player through the gate. I was pooped before […]
A post about a post — a post post
I had a lot of fun re-typing that old essay into my last blog post. It was like a visit with a friend you haven't seen for a very long time. I can remember working on that piece for days before I shipped it off to the contest. I put a shine on that baby [...]
Memories of a virgin prairie
I love road trips, even short ones. I love the close quarters of the car and the lack of electronic distraction. Even the drive between my daughter’s house and mine is long enough to get into the groove of a road trip. We take a country road which runs between our house and hers – […]
Inlaws / outlaws
My daughter and her boyfriend left for Paris on Friday. She is coming home sporting a ring and a fiancé – her dating days are over. I love this young man who is soon to be my son-in-law in the same fashion that I love my existing in-law children – like I birthed him myself. […]
Lessons from my Grandmother
Many years ago, when I was a young mother, I watched my three year old niece put her hands on her hips and proclaim to her great-grandmother in defiant cheekiness, “you are not the boss of me!” I couldn’t believe it! Had she been my three year old she would have found herself in serious […]