Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I am thankful for mine, including many more who are not pictured. I am thankful for their health and am grateful for good friends and a warm home. As always, I am also thankful for good food! What’s on your menu today? Here is ours: Baked brie with […]
Please allow me to introduce the newest Goldsberry: Finn. Finn is a three month old Sheepadoodle puppy, a cross between an Old English Sheepdog and a Poodle. After years of asking for a puppy, Jameson and Harper finally won. And so it was that Finn River came to be a Goldsberry one month ago. Then […]
My Grandpa Larry was born on November 8, 1918, which would make today his 104th birthday. This summer, as part of my experience with the Colorado Writing Project, I wrote a poem about my grandparents’ home on Clyde Drive in Downer’s Grove, Illinois. I was fortunate enough to spend time there as I grew up. […]
I love picture books. Always have. As a teacher, I experience pure joy in picking out books to read aloud and to share for writing lessons. When I became a mama, I relived the same happiness as I collected seasonal books and sweet stories, especially for family book days. Now, that Harper and Jameson are […]
November 1. There is a peace in my soul when this month arrives. For me, it welcomes the quiet that has patiently waited for its role as lead. It waited through the births of spring and through the playfulness of summer. It crept a little closer when fall arrived but knew to wait still, through […]
Please give me a moment to brag about my husband here. With eighteen years of teaching, an education degree, and an MBA, Jason is a wise guy (in more ways than one :). He is innovative in the way he approaches his classes. Sure, he wants students to learn to live life in healthy ways […]
Good morning from beautiful October in Colorado. I hope you have a hot cuppa in your hands and that your day will feel satisfying. Here’s a little “three things” update about each of us lately, plus a bonus at the end.
October is the best, isn’t it? The beginning of cozy season … Welcome to our fall home! Happy Autumn to you!
Last week, Jason and I celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. To honor the occasion, we stole away to NYC for a quick couple of days. This marked Jason’s first time to the Big Apple, and I hadn’t been in twenty years. We had two days to make the most of this giant of a city, and […]
Earlier this month, my beautiful parents celebrated fifty years of marriage. To honor the occasion, they invited their most dear friends to come together for a weekend here in Colorado. When I look back upon this year and those special days for my parents, I will do so with a great amount of gratitude. I […]
