Through the Window


Every day, WordPress issues Prompts or Challenges. Today's was "Look through your nearest window for one minute and tell us what you see". I hereby invoke the right of Artistic License and also include what I THINK when I look out this window.  I left it pretty much the way it came out of my... Continue Reading →

Have you ever made a New Year’s Resolution that you kept?


Thanks to The Daily Prompt for this little nugget. It's a great question. And I've kept one resolution that I made 21 years ago, while pregnant with Eldest Spawn. I was 16, pregnant, and terrified. I was in college, so I was smart enough to know that this could be very, very bad, for me,... Continue Reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate


It's easier than you might think to  forget that snow is delicate.  We of the northern climes spend months cursing it, shoveling it, salting,  plowing, and bragging/worrying about driving through it.  Last night, though, I lay in the snow for a moment, trying to improve my attitude about winter. It only took a few seconds,... Continue Reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: GREEN


The Weekly Photo Challenge was a color: green. Usually the predominant color in Northern MN this time of year is white, but today it was 52 degrees. ABOVE zero. (And yes, that's in degrees Farenheit, Bill L. from California.) That's 20 degrees warmer than average. 🙂 Click on any thumbnail to start Gallery View. If... Continue Reading →

When the Change Was Made Uptown…


Last night, my daughter Harley saw Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band live for the first time. It broke my heart a little that the Big Man and Danny Federici weren't going to be there, and for the first time, I didn't do my usual prep for a concert. I didn't study setlists, read articles... Continue Reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: BIG


The Weekly Photo Challenge asked that we write about what "Big" means to us. I chose one of my sister's dogs, Jai. He lives at  The Funny Farm  and is a rescued Great Pyrenees PUPPY (14 months, 120 lbs).  Jai is short for Ginormous, White, Slobbering Dog. Think puppy brain in a pony-sized body....He digs... Continue Reading →

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