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Jan 18, 2021
Miracle Work
On another cold, dreary day, I’m calling women and asking if they can bake cookies for lunches-to-go, then I push on and ask if they can...


Jan 11, 2021
Time to Get a Pot of Beans Going
Yesterday, January 6, a son called and told me to go watch the news. I went to the internet. No television here. Mob pandemonium was what...


Jan 4, 2021
Waiting to Hear About Her Brother
2020. A year for all of us to remember as different. How many times during this past year have I felt amputated? broken? defective? I...


Dec 28, 2020
Heading Into a New Year
Our grandson wrecked on a 4-wheeler the day after Christmas. Here we are at the end of 2020, and our immediate family is still reeling...


Dec 21, 2020
Holding On to the Happy
Christmas is less than a week away. I bought most gifts online, but three came from local shops. Those were the ones I wanted to...


Dec 14, 2020
Christmas Star
This time last year, I’d never heard of Covid-19 or social distancing. We live in the Ozark Mountains, where the air has been of good...


Dec 7, 2020
Christmas Letter
I write one every year, then send it to relatives and close friends. Done this for about 45 years. It’s usually a time to update folks on...


Nov 30, 2020
Season to Season
Here we are, caught in-between my two favorite holidays. I like the tastes, smells, lights, the deeper meanings, the silliness and the...


Nov 23, 2020
Neighbors
Two days in a row, I’ve baked bread. Two days in a row, it fell and was too hard. It didn’t look right at all. What’s going on? I don’t...


Nov 16, 2020
What Came to Me
I picked up a fan-shaped leaf. It’s from the ginkgo tree. This time of year they turn golden. One day it’s full of gold; the next day,...
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