Just testing photo capacity.

Ta da! Here I am . . . the last to show up at the party! Heather and Liz have already started posting, whilst (England is rubbing off on me already) I’ve been conspicuous by my absence. In fact, the only reason that you’re getting this little missive from me at all is because I […]

“Craftsmen have filled out museums with magnificent and beautiful objects of art. But marble, canvas, pottery, wood, and metal were never more cunningly contrived into subtle loveliness than my wife can slap together in a pie plate. When the top cover is pressed down, and she picks up the pie in one hand and […]

I think I need to just come straight out and say that the last post I wrote was really just a way of easing into a discussion of the merits of random things I love. Well, I love fiber drums.
If you have never heard of a fiber drum before, you are […]

“You think it much if you have a friend who always makes bad interpretations of  your ways towards him; you would take that badly. If you should converse with people with whom you cannot speak a word, but they are ready to make a bad interpretation of it, and to take it in an ill […]

Or, A Few Common Stumbling Blocks of the Mother-in-Law
Here are a few thoughts for the mother-in-laws among us.
Don’t make an idol out of your family get-togethers. Laying a big load of expectations on the kids will kill the fun of being together, whether it is a summer vacation on the beach or your Christmas […]