Four and a half years ago -- in September 2013, I joined a friend to walk the Via Frances (Camino de Santiago de...
My Life Articles
Sometimes life is funny, sometimes it’s sad. Sometimes I want to share it and when I do, this is where I post.
Let those who have ears…
I admit that I struggle with "the Church" and with the apparent ideologies of parts of the church that I deal with......
Cultural Appropriation – Really?
I was reading a piece in the Washington Post concerning "Cultural Appropriation." The whole thing struck me as absurd,...
Thanksgiving in Birmingham
The clan convened at Marie's house for Thanksgiving this year. The Day included 4 generations (from my mother down to my grandchildren, and a couple of grand-dogs). The day after, while David went hunting with Kevin, we took the girls to the park. The sky was gray,...
Scrapbook updates
I spent some time over the weekend building some new scrapbook pages... and then I found some older ones that I had forgotten about. It fascinates me as I look through the images and see how much they have grown, and how much I have yet to document so that we can...
Martha: Missed Career as a Radio Actress
A couple of weeks back, our local OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learner Institute) held the annual end of the year "Picnic" and General Meeting. A lovely Picnic, held indoors with AC and no ants or other wildlife. The menu included bar-b-que, potato salad and desserts. But,...
EAMC Celebrate Life 5K
Stefanie and I teamed up with Cindy this morning for the EAMC Celebrate Life! 5K. My best time! (not bad since we were treating it like a training run). For Christmas John got me a Garmin Forerunner 210. That's a neat watch with a Garmin GPS that tracks distance and...
Wedding
Over the weekend of September 17, my brother-in-law, Chuck tied the knot with Ellie on Block Island (RI). Of course, feeding the new spouse wedding cake continues to be quite the event! Quick, but fun weekend seeing a place, visiting with family and of course,...
Sleepy Claw
Aren't smart phones like the iPhone or Droid neat? Kevin sends us the "Picture of the Day" from his iPhone several times a week. When we were up in Birmingham last week we noticed that Genevieve works hard to free her hands before she settles in to sleep. Hence, "The...
Mary Potatoes
OK -- this is the first in a series of not-heart healthy, but totally yummy and easy recipes... [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:1]
Four Generations
I hope Genevieve will know all four generations: Martha (great-grandmother), me (grandmother, Martha's oldest), Marie (mother and my daughter) and of course, Genevieve. My grandmother (Martha's mother) was really big on multigenerational photos -- so we are carrying...
From the past…
The Barnett children -- as young children My brother has a nice scanner, and has been scanning some old photos of late. These were taken in front of "the little house" in Florence. I am the oldest, with Leah 2 years younger and Bob 2 years younger than Leah... so,...