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When Women Gather
(10 minute read) March is Women’s History Month. It is the perfect time for me to highlight the power of female camaraderie. I am not only referring to the progress made by our strong sisters who worked tirelessly two centuries ago, women like Lucy Stone, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I am thinking →
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Go Wherever the Writing Takes You
(10 minute read) A few years ago in my memoir writing class my teacher handed us a list of quotes from authors of memoirs and asked us to write about one. After reading through the list of twenty or so quotes from well known authors of memoirs, I decided instead to use the phrase my →
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A Few Recommendations for Books, Shows, Pods, and Songs
(5 minute read) You can learn a lot about a person by looking at the books sitting on their book shelf. The same goes for what is on their Spotify playlist and their “recently watched” shows on their streaming homepage. When my children were little all of the books on my shelf were non- fiction →
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When Did Communication Etiquette Get So Complicated?
(10 minute read) Good manners are important to me. I taught my children to say “please” and “thank you” before they took their first steps. I have been told the complement every parent loves to hear, “Your kids are so polite.” Recently it was brought to my attention from my well-mannered children that my communication →
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December Unplugged (Light a Candle)
(6 minute read) “Got a good one, Grammie!” hollered the littlest grandchild as he struggled to lift a thick rotted out log, far too large for his small hands. The children gathered the leafless brittle branches from the frozen ground beneath the bare boned trees. Thrilled with their loot of lifeless limbs, they hopped and →
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A Christmas Story: Watch Your Step Santa
(6 minute read) Once upon a time there lived four children who could hardly be described as children anymore. Their long legs extended under the round oak table, knobby knees bumping and toes colliding. While the table remained the same diameter it always had through the years, these children grew like beanstalks, making the eating →
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
(4 minute read) Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my favorite things-from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein Tis the season to be merry and deck the halls with boughs of holly! If you are a →
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What Would You Write To Your Younger Self? What Words of Wisdom Did You Need To Hear?
(7 minute read) The kitchen is clean and the driveway is empty of cars. Just the two of us sit with our Mama Bear and Papa Bear coffee mugs reading on our tablets next to the fire, doodle dogs sprawled at our feet and cats curled up in the cat tree. We are back to →
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Oops…CORRECTION! (and Happy Thanksgiving)
My game playing family has brought to my attention a couple corrections to the games I described this week on my blog. The first one is an important progression of the FISH BOWL game. My son, who loves the game, explained to me that the three stages of the game are: Description of the word →
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What Weight is On Your Mama Bear Heart This Morning?
(9 minute read) I am late getting my post out on this Monday morning for two reasons. The first is that I woke to tragic news that weighs heavily on my heart. Not far from here is a college campus with students sheltering in place because a shooter is somewhere on the grounds. There are →
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