Okay, if you are a Rascal Flatts fan then you know I stole borrowed the title of one of their songs. I don't think they will get upset when they read today's blogpost. I think they will be honored. I have been in a bit of a blue mood the past few days. I've recently read …
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Another trip around the sun
It has been quite a year. And here is the best thing that happened during my 58th year on this earth. The birth of this darling nugget. It snuck up on me. It wasn't something that I gave a lot of thought to-- after all, it wasn't up to me! But what happiness my granddaughter …
Bits and pieces
I used to roam the beach looking for whole, perfect shells and sand dollars. I spent more time looking down than looking up. Now I just pick up whatever I happen to see that strikes my fancy. Bits and pieces. Odds and ends. Kind of like last night's dinner here at the house we are …
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Intelligent Extrovert (source: http://writical.com/four-personality-types-take-quiz-find-one-fit/) Most defining characteristics: You are lively, outgoing and emotionally open. You are a leader. As you probably already know, you are a born leader. You are a very charismatic, passionate, mature and calculated person. You are always there when people need you, you always know the right thing to say, and …
Sean of the South
(photo courtesy of Jackie Thompson Reagan) AKA Sean Dietrich. One of my heroes. I feel as if we are long lost cousins or I am his long lost aunt. I consider him and his wife, Jamie, my dear friends although I have never met them. We send messages. I've begged Jamie for recipes and she …
Summer to-do list
I am sort of a list maker. Not that I always can find the list. Or that I take it out and look at it. Or that I actually cross off everything more than two items. But I feel as if I have accomplished something just by writing the to-dos on a notepad. Mary Kay consultants …
SV Day 5: Over the mountain
Blowing Rock to Boone to Foscoe to Linville to Spruce Pine. That was my route this morning. I made a stop for breakfast at Grandview Restaurant. The address is listed as Banner Elk but it is just off NC-105 between Foscoe and Linville. This is the grand view- Grandfather Mountain as seen from the patio …
Summer Vacation Day 1: A porch with a view
Well, Summer Vacation, the 2017 Edition, is officially underway. There is the minor detail of about 20 student comments that still have to be written, but I have until Monday at 5:00 pm. Hours and hours. At the last minute, I decided to book myself into a writer's retreat. Remember, in the last post I …
Critters
I started looking through my photos from the January and March trips to France (yet once again) and found an theme: critters. I did not realize I had so many until I started looking for them. Of course, what would it be like in Paris without pigeons? Bertrand, our guide par excellence, said that you …
This & That: March 2017 Edition
Dirty dishes? This is a great photo because this is all I had to dirty in order to make two loaves of banana bread this fine Sunday morning. I found a new recipe, located the overripe bananas that the Ex-Ex had stashed on top of the refrigerator (the man detests messy countertops), and stirred up …
the sabbatical chef 