First I want to show off my progress gathering in some of that cheery china I found while visiting the Merkles in the UK. Now isn’t that just fun?

Next, I want you to see that I have been sewing. I’m making crazy little skirts for the granddaughters and remember I have eight of them. I […]

Our good friends Mark and Chris (many of you know Chris because she is our church secretary and a whole lot of help to a whole lot of folks) have just wrapped up a fabulous trip to London and Paris (with a short day-trip to Oxford to see our kids). Mark is a well-known photographer […]

Hello everyone! Doug and I have been out of town for a week (just got home yesterday afternoon), and we had very little opportunity to get to the internet while we were gone. (Actually, that was a good thing!) We got to visit old friends, worship with some of the saints in Annapolis, attend two […]

I know, I know. Some men want elaborate five-course meals. But this is what rings my husband’s bells: mac and cheese. And I hope you enjoy the poofy shot while it is still in the oven. Now you know for a fact that my daughters did not get their flair for art food from me! […]

One of the reasons reading P.G. Wodehouse is such a jolly good time is his casual manner of strewing brilliant metaphors around carelessly every paragraph or two. Here is one that made my afternoon brighter:
“Something of the gallant fire which was animating him seemed to pass out of Sir Aylmer Bostock. He blinked, like some […]

Years ago when I was graduating from college, my future father-in-law dropped by the little Christian bookstore on campus that I was manning for him. After a few pleasantries, he asked me what I was going to do when I graduated. At that point, I really had no idea. Find a job was all […]