It's Veteran's Day. Armistice Day in France. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. I have visited the site of the signing of the Armistice, the replica of the train car tucked away into the forest near Compiègne in northern France. The original one was burned by Hitler. Merci, Ghislaine. Thank …
Category: family
More Muffins?
Sister Moo found an incomplete place setting of Fiesta ware for me at Kohl's. The dinner plate was missing. Who cares? I love the color. And I realized that it matches the salt and pepper shaker that she found for me at a yard sale in Spruce Pine. (Turns out that the set belonged to …
Blue
Meet Lightening. My advisory mascot. An African Spotted Water Frog. Oui, une grenouille africaine. One of the girlies brought him in to share with the rest of us. While out and about, roaming around in one of my favorite thrift shops, Pennies for Change, I found a treasure. I am a fan of Henri …
If God’s not a Tar Heel fan…
then why is the sky Carolina Blue? That's a question I've heard most of my life. Actually, I am pretty sure that God has a lot on his plate right about now... hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorists, people who feel so alone that they don't know what to do or who to turn to. Who wins a …
Courage
Photo credit: Tasha Tolliver So, what exactly is courage? I've just spent more than a few minutes looking at definitions of this noun. I believe that if I found just the right one it would have this woman's photo next to it. According to Oxford English Living Dictionaries on-line, courage is defined as: the ability …
Once a mom…
...always a mom. These two little critters are now 29 and 24. When I look at photos like this one I want to turn the clock back. Please? Just for a little while? What would I do differently? Nag more? Worry less? Check homework more often? Read more stories at bedtime? Feed them more vegetables? …
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 …
Lucky and Crippled Crow
Today's guest blogger is the Ex-Ex. I will let him tell the tale of our sixth day at the beach. So, when you walk on the beach with Sabbatical Chef you're supposed to keep your head down - looking for the perfect shell. I try. But I often get distracted by the waves, the sand …
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 …
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 …
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