I saw yellow autumn trees decorate the mountain-side in Alaska a month ago! With a lovely group of Mississippians, we took the last Inland Passage Cruise of the season from Vancouver to Seward, closed down the chalet in Denali National Park and rode the last train before winter from Denali to Fairbanks. A humorous story in Denali. Leaving the chalet restaurant after breakfast, ...
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Thursday’s Thoughts: Reactions
Today has been a day of bad reactions. It all began this morning when I woke up late and itching. Then, what began with impatience and whining (on everybody's part) turned into a complete loss of cool (on mine). I totally blew it, and I've spent the whole day feeling badly about it. I absolutely hate when I model bad behavior for my children. I mean, they have enough other examples of ...
I ate breakfast with a princess….
several times this week, in fact. She wore her tiara and everything. And, no, I was not at Disneyland. I was at my very own breakfast table, and with the exception of the toast's crust, we even ate the same thing. When she waltzed into the room, I was tempted to laugh and to ask why she was wearing her crown, but then I thought, "Why wouldn't she be?" A similar thing happened when she ...
Thursday Thoughts: God is Bigger than the Boogeyman
Thank you, Junior Asparagus. This was very simply "one of those days." You know the ones. Everyone is cranky. You have a ton to do. And, absolutely nothing is ever easy. For instance: I was going to impress my husband and clean out the car before a road trip, and the vacuum cleaner just quit. As in died. As in it has sucked its last french fry off the floorboard of my ...