So, the blog's been pretty slow here lately because life has not been. You know. You've been there. Maybe your Thanksgiving plans weren't thrown completely off course by a stomach virus and the mounds of laundry it created, but still, you understand. Sometimes, just getting through the day and not forgetting to fix dinner is all the accomplishment I can handle. To put it simply...sometimes ...
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Thanksgiving Week…..Day One
So, unlike everyone on Facebook and practically half the bloggers I follow, I haven't been making a thankful list all month. I'm always a bit behind. I did think I would share some things I'm thankful for this week though. (Or at least today anyway...) I'm thankful for my mother-in-law, who cracked and shelled all the pecans I had picked, baked me a sweet potato pie and made us some dressing to ...
While He was still speaking….
I took this photo nearly four years ago. I love it. Not because of the composition or the lighting or even the fact it was taken in Africa. I love it because somehow I feel it. I have no idea what this young mother was thinking as she rested her head on her hand in the heat of that African day, but I can imagine. Can you? We don't have to live in a house like hers or a place like Kenya to ...
Notes from Nana: Seasons in Alaska and Mississippi!
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, ...