It doesn’t feel like Spring here. Cold rain and wind, freezing nights. But the daffodils are blooming and this week the willows leafed out and the plums blossomed. They apparently don’t pay attention to the rain and cold, they just do what they should do, no matter what. So even though I don’t feel like…
Category: Inspiration
Dust to Dust
“I know what we can do. We’ll get more cats,” quips Husband-the-cat-‘hater’. I have to chuckle through my tears. Another crisis, but we’ll live through it still married. Sanding dust covers everything. The plywood base for countertops was perfectly cut and attached to the new base cabinets, then puttied and sanded. The sanding dust hangs…
Work, work, work
I just got the floor mopped when the cat walked in with muddy feet. I’m trying to illustrate my blog, but the photo software glitches. I invested years in a business that was a financial failure. What if our best efforts bring disappointing results? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about work. That may sound…
Eden
This week I read an intriguing article about a man called the “lion whisperer”. A photo portrayed the man peacefully walking in the African bush accompanied by two lions at his side. If you’re like me, you’d say, “Awww. I wish I could do that!” So why is it that we’re drawn to the peaceful…
Walk in the Woods
Walking along a forest trail near our new house, it struck me. Bam. I had been sad to lose our 1/4 mile driveway at the house we sold to move across the country to be here near our adult kids and their children. I enjoyed walking that scenic driveway almost daily. Such a pleasant walk…
Scammed
So, a scam artist took a sum well over our monthly income and didn’t give us anything. Yep. Just took our money and ran. Well, he didn’t even bother to run. He keeps trying to string us along. For a month he promised to bring the cabinets we had paid half down on, but, of course, never…